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. 0ktapus often leveraged information or access gained in one breach to perpetrate another. 9, 2024, U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

Experian said I had three options for a free credit report at this point: Mail a request along with identity documents, call a phone number for Experian, or upload proof of identity via the website. It wouldn’t even show me the four multiple-guess questions. The easiest way to get yours is through annualcreditreport.com.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

The reader who shared this story (and copious documentation to go with it) asked to have his real name omitted to avoid encouraging further attacks against his identity. Jim said numerous calls to Bank of America’s fraud team went nowhere because they refused to discuss an account that was not in his name.

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