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 ...

Three people were indicted for an identity theft conspiracy that allegedly included the $400 million hack from FTX on the same day in November 2022 that the doomed cryptocurrency exchange filed for ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The man, Eric Council Jr., pleaded guilty three months ago in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud in connection with ...

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 ...