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

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. Prosecutors say Jordan K.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 12, 2022

The DOJ also charged the alleged administrator of RaidForums — 21-year-old Diogo Santos Coelho , of Portugal — with six criminal counts, including conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Not all of those undercover buys went as planned.

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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. ” Image: Next Caller.

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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. If not, talk with them about what this entails and how it can help ward off identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Debuting in 2011, Ferum Shop is one of the oldest observed dark web marketplaces selling “card not present” data (customer payment records stolen from hacked online merchants), according to Gemini. “In this time period, roughly 66% of Ferum Shop’s records have been from United States financial institutions. .

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