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 ...

Your phone number could be stolen, giving thieves access to your accounts. Robert Ross had never heard of the crime of “SIM swapping” until he became a victim. “I saw a notification for a withdrawal ...

T-Mobile has paid $33 million in fines after a customer lost millions in cryptocurrency in a SIM swapping attack. The Los Angeles-based law firm Greenberg Glusker has announced that it has secured a ...

Despite buying an eSIM to protect myself better, I still would've left myself vulnerable to hacking without taking further action. To shut cybercriminals out for good, I took matters into my own hands ...

sim card on a fish hook - Credit: Andrei Metelev / Shutterstock SIM-swapping attacks present a potential risk to all mobile phone users. With this type of fraud, a hacker is able to take control of ...

The hacker who helped breach the SEC’s account on X last year spent the following weeks trying to cover up evidence while searching on the internet for how to tell if the FBI was coming after him.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking to seize more than $5 million in Bitcoin allegedly stolen through SIM swap attacks that targeted victims across the ...

Alabama Man Gets 14 Months for Hacking SEC's X Account With SIM-Swap Scheme Eric Council Jr. used a fake ID and a new iPhone to help his co-conspirators bypass the MFA on the Securities and Exchange ...