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

AUGUST 30, 2022

This phishing gang apparently had great success targeting employees of all the major mobile wireless providers, but most especially T-Mobile. 12 blog post , the attackers used their access to Mailchimp employee accounts to steal data from 214 customers involved in cryptocurrency and finance. ” On July 28 and again on Aug.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

22, 2020, when cryptocurrency wallet company Ledger acknowledged that someone had released the names, mailing addresses and phone numbers for 272,000 customers. Allison Nixon , chief research officer with New York City-based cyber intelligence firm Unit221B , recalled what happened in the weeks leading up to Dec.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

The FBI and other agencies warned in March that the Cyclops Blink malware was built to replace a threat called “ VPNFilter ,” an earlier malware platform that targeted vulnerabilities in a number of consumer-grade wireless and wired routers.

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