The DOJ has indicted three former Verizon and AT&T employees for alleged membership in a crime-ring known as the “The Community”; the indictment says the telco employees helped their confederates undertake “port-out” scams (AKA “SIM-swapping” AKA “SIM hijacking”), which allowed criminals to gain control over targets’ phone numbers, thereby receiving SMS-based two-factor authentication codes.
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Fraudsters offers thousands to low-waged telco employees for help with SIM Swap scams
SIM Swapping is a powerful form of fraud in which criminals convince the phone company to switch your phone number to a SIM they control; once they have your phone number, they can bypass the SMS-based two-factor authentication protecting your cryptocurrency wallets, social media accounts, and other valuable systems.
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