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Two Arrested for Stealing $550,000 in Cryptocurrency Using Sim Swapping

It appears that at least the United States has started taking the threat of Sim Swapping attacks very seriously. Starting with the country’s first-ever conviction for ‘SIM Swapping’ this February, U.S. Department of Justice has since then announced charges against several individuals for involving in the scheme to siphon millions of dollars in cryptocurrency from […]

Posted on November 15, 2019 Author Steve Comments Off on Two Arrested for Stealing $550,000 in Cryptocurrency Using Sim Swapping
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Twitter temporarily disables ‘Tweeting via SMS’ after CEO gets hacked

Twitter today finally decided to temporarily disable a feature, called ‘Tweeting via SMS,’ after it was abused by a hacking group to compromise Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week and sent a series of racist and offensive tweets to Dorsey’s followers. Dorsey’s Twitter account was compromised last week when a hacker group calling itself “Chuckling […]

Posted on September 5, 2019 Author Steve Comments Off on Twitter temporarily disables ‘Tweeting via SMS’ after CEO gets hacked
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