Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Two young men from the eastern United States have been hit with identity theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing bitcoin and social media accounts by tricking employees at wireless phone companies into giving away credentials needed to remotely access and modify customer account information. resident Kyell A.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. Multiple security firms soon assigned the hacking group the nickname “ Scattered Spider.” 9, 2024, U.S. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2020

But you probably didn’t know that these fraudsters also can use caller ID spoofing to trick your bank into giving up information about recent transactions on your account — data that can then be abused to make their phone scams more believable and expose you to additional forms of identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

I later received an email from the seller, who said his Amazon account had been hacked and abused by scammers to create fake sales. But this assurance may ring hollow if you wake up one morning to find your checking accounts emptied by card thieves after shopping at a breached merchant with a debit card.

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