Comment

Comment on Former telecom manager admits to doing SIM swaps for $1,000

SquiffSquiff@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

For carrying the unauthorized number porting, Katz received $1,000 in Bitcoin per SIM swap (total of $5,000), plus an (unspecified) percentage of the profits earned from the illicit access to the victims’ devices.

For his actions, Katz faces a statutory maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the financial gain or loss from the crime

source

Sort:hotnew top

adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
And he’s just the one who got caught.

source
- IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  The FBI received 1,600 complaints about SIM-swapping in 2021, a sharp increase from the three previous years.
  
  Source: Wikipedia
  
  This guy was only guilty for 5.
  
  Most incidents seem to be from social engineering tech support though. No manager needed.
  
  source