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The Rise of SIM Swapping: How and Why Bitcoiners Need to Protect Themselves

Using a phone number for identity authentication is a bad operational security practice. Handing over bitcoin to a third party like a cryptocurrency exchange...

$200 Million SIM-Swap Case vs. AT&T Goes Forward

A lawsuit against AT&T for allowing hackers to access a SIM card and steal $24 million in crypto assets will go to trial.

New York Makes First Money Laundering Conviction Involving Cryptocurrency

In what the Manhattan District Attorney calls the first crypto money laundering conviction in New York, two defendants have pleaded guilty to running a drug trafficking business that laundered millions of dollars in Western Union and crypto payments.

21-Year-Old SIM-Swapping Mastermind Is Jailed for 10 Years

A 21-year-old student who was accused of stealing over $7.5 million in digital assets via a SIM swapping operation has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Hacker Gets 10 Years in First SIM-Swapping Sentencing in the U.S.

SIM swappers are known to target high-security online domains such as social media accounts, email addresses, bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets.

Investor Lawsuit Brought Against AT&T, T-Mobile for SIM Swapping Hacks

Leading cryptocurrency investor law firm Silver Miller Law has filed suit against cell phone giants AT&T and T-Mobile on behalf of several digital asset investors who were victims of the identity-theft tactic known as “SIM swapping.”
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