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US citizens lost more than $68M to SIM swap attacks in 2021, FBI warns

Security Affairs

The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than $68 million to SIM swapping attacks in 2021, the number of complaints since 2018 and associated losses have increased almost fivefold. In 2021, IC3 received 1,611 SIM swapping complaints with adjusted losses of more than $68 million.”

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Spanish police dismantled SIM swapping gang who stole money from victims’ bank accounts

Security Affairs

” The first SIM swapping attack attributed to this gang took place on March 2021, at the time Spanish police received two complaints about fraudulent transactions in different geographical locations in Spain. Authenticate calls from third party authorized retailers requesting. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

IT Governance

However, cyber security researcher Andrea Draghetti discovered that the information was exfiltrated on 16 Match 2021, and concluded that the data might likely came from a separate, previously undisclosed data breach. T-Mobile has now fallen victim to nine data breaches since 2018. million unique email addresses and 2.6

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Surviving Stalkerware

ForAllSecure

Lodrina Cherne and Martijn Grooten join the The Hacker Mind podcast to discuss their Black Hat USA 2021 presentation. In early September 2021. In a moment we'll hear from two hackers who spoke at Black Hat USA 2021. What role might the security industry have in identifying or even stopping it? So I hope you'll stick around.