UK National Crime Agency Arrests SIM-Card Swappers

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As originally reported by ZDNet, the UK National Crime Agency has arrested eight men as part of a coordinated crackdown against a SIM swapping gang targeting US celebrities.  By convincing US mobile operators to assign a celebrity’s phone number to a new SIM card under the attacker’s control, the SIM swappers were able to bypass […]

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