Experts have raised the alarm about SIM swapping fraud after the number of recorded scams surged tenfold in a year. There was a 1,055 per cent increase in unauthorised phone SIM swaps in the UK in ...

AT&T said it would fight allegations that it was negligent in a customer’s loss of $1.7 million in a SIM swap. The allegations come from Seth Shapiro, VideoCoin’s head of strategy, who blames the ...

A crypto executive is suing AT&T over a SIM swapping hack that he claims cost him $1.7 million in digital assets in a hit aimed at three executives attending Consensus 2018 VideoCoin Head of Strategy ...

Jan. 23 (UPI) --The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the hack that led its X account to prematurely post about the approval of bitcoin ETFs earlier this month was the result of a "SIM swap ...

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The frightening new scam involves fraudsters convincing your phone network firm to swap your number to a sim card they control FRAUDSTERS are using a frightening new sim swapping scam to intercept ...

In August 2019, hackers managed to breach Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account and broadcast profanity to his 4 million followers. Although Twitter restored access to @jack’s account within 18 ...

Experts are warning mobile phone users to be extra vigilant over a fresh wave of SIM-swap fraud, which has doubled in the space of a year. The dodgy practice – which counts Twitter founder Jack Dorsey ...

A group of men from the UK have been arrested for allegedly hacking the phones of US celebrities and their families, including well-known musicians, sports stars and influencers. The hijacking, which ...

The FBI is warning about a massive increase in so-called “SIM-swap” attacks, where criminals find ways to divert victims’ phone numbers onto a SIM card under their control. Last year, the FBI’s ...

Robert Ross was sitting in his San Francisco home office in October 2018 when he noticed the bars on his phone had disappeared and he had no cell coverage. A few hours later, he had lost $1 million.