AT&T sued over alleged phone theft, crypto hack
A California man claimed AT&T employees helped to swap the SIM card in his phone to perpetuate the theft of his cryptocurrencies valued at $1.8 million.
A California man claimed AT&T employees helped to swap the SIM card in his phone to perpetuate the theft of his cryptocurrencies valued at $1.8 million.
Members of a hacking group called “The Community” used a SIM hijacking attack to steal millions, and some are still at large.
Last year, Joel Ortiz was arrested in California for his supposed involvement in a SIM swap scam that saw more than $5 million in cryptocurrency stolen from the wallets of unsuspecting victims.
This past July, a Californian man barely out of his teens was arrested for his involvement in a theft ring that stole over $5 million through the scheme.
Police in California arrested Joel Ortiz, who is accused of involvement in a scam where several cellphone numbers were hacked, yielding over $5 million in cryptocurrency.