Rockport Massachusetts Feel Guilty For Sim Swapping Attacks Cryptocurrency Theft Cybers Guards
Declan Harrington, 21, and his co-conspirator Eric Meiggs, as well as others, used a practise known as SIM switching to target persons with large quantities of cryptocurrencies or high-value social media profiles, often known as OG (Original Gangster) accounts. In order to deceive operators into transferring the victims’ phone numbers to SIM cards in the attackers’ possession, attackers impersonate their intended victims in talks with their phone service providers. After gaining possession of the SIM card, the attackers attempt to get access to the victim’s online accounts by requesting password changes and validation codes or other authentication codes be provided to the phone numbers they now control....