Latest SIM Swap News

How scammers exploit SIM swaps to drain crypto wallets and what tools can help protect against this rising threat.

The federal judge overseeing the case has also ordered the government to provide additional information on the hacker's crime before his May 16 sentencing hearing.

The hacker who helped breach the SEC’s account on X last year spent the following weeks trying to cover up evidence while searching on the internet for how to tell if the FBI was coming after him.

Cryptocurrency stolen in a SIM swap may lead to a precedent-setting decision on phone company responsibility. 

Onchain detective ZachXBT has linked the convicted UK hacker Gurvinder Bhangu to Sydney Sweeney and Bob Odenkirk’s crypto hacks.

According to the on-chain sleuth, the CAT memecoin creators hacked crypto influencer GCR to manipulate some coin prices.

The telecom company is reportedly seeking $1.8 billion in loans amid a plan to raise a total of $2.9 billion in debt.

SatoshiLabs revealed that it suspects the compromise to be a sophisticated and premeditated phishing attack planned by hackers over several weeks.

The SEC had multifactor authentication enabled six months prior to the hack, but it was disabled by X Support following a request by an SEC staff member, the securities regulator revealed.

The founders behind Manifold Trading and Rug Radio have confirmed they were recently targeted in SIM-swap attacks.

The 2FA security measure is optional for Friend.tech users seeking additional security on the platform.

In a short period of time, four friend.tech users reported their accounts were compromised and drained after hackers seized control of their mobile numbers.

The number of social engineering attacks in the cryptocurrency industry has been rising, with major execs getting hacked recently.

As SIM swap attacks are often seen as non-demanding regarding technical skills, users must be diligent with their identity security.

The bad actors used a fake Gutter Cat Gang airdrop scam to drain people’s wallets, with at least $700,000 worth of NFTs stolen from a single address.