Tag: SIM
Telecom Giant Telefónica Teams Up With Chainlink to Provide ‘SIM Swap’ Security
"This collaboration marks a significant step in integrating Telco capabilities into the blockchain industry and demonstrates the need for secure oracl [...]
The FTX Hack: The Unsolved SIM Swap Mystery
New rules from the SEC and FCC, and the former’s own SIM swap incident, are likely to raise scrutiny on crypto firms to clamp down on a scourge of ide [...]
Friend.Tech Targeted SIM Swaps Worsen as Users Lose More Ether
CoinDesk reported earlier this week that Friend.Tech users were seemingly starting to get targeted in SIM swap exploits.
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Friend.tech users blame SIM swaps after more than 100 ETH drained in a week
Friend.tech users are warning of possible SIM-swap attacks after a recent spate of supposed hacks — resulting in nearly 109 Ether (ETH) worth around $ [...]
Friend.Tech Users Targeted by SIM Swap Attack, Several Ether Drained
Users tie Friend.Tech accounts to real-world X profiles and phone numbers - which increases security risks.
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Oxford scientists develop GPU-accelerated limit order book sim to teach AI how to trade
A multidisciplinary research team from the University of Oxford recently developed a GPU-accelerated limit order book (LOB) simulator called JAX-LOB, [...]
FTX Customers Hit By ‘Withdrawal' Phishing Mails After SIM Swap Attack
Woes for users of the Sam Bankman-Fried-owned company show no signs of stopping.
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Use crypto to buy sim cards in 140 countries with Bitrefill
A partnership between crypto e-commerce platform Bitrefill and eSIM Go enables crypto users to buy eSIMs in 140 countries worldwide.Crypto advocates c [...]
How easy is a SIM swap hack and how does one guard against it?
Despite the rise of cybersecurity infrastructure, the online identity still faces many risks, including those related to the hacks of one’s phone numb [...]
Bank of China trials offline payments for digital yuan via SIM cards
Bank of China, one of the largest state-owned banks in China, is currently conducting trials for a novel offline payment system that connects to SIM c [...]
Over $765K worth of NFTs stolen after SIM swap attack on GutterCatGang
More than $765,000 worth of nonfungible tokens has been stolen as part of a reported SIM swap attack on the GutterCatGang NFT project.The security bre [...]
$794K SIM swap hacker PlugwalkJoe sentenced to five years in prison
British Hacker Joseph O’Connor, also known online as PlugwalkJoe, has been sentenced to five years in U.S. prison for his role in stealing $794,000 wo [...]
2020 Twitter Hacker Sentence to 5 Years on Crypto Theft, SIM Swapping Scheme
Joseph O'Conner, a British man who made roughly $900,000 in an elaborate Twitter hack and a separate crypto-related SIM-swapping scheme, received a 5 [...]
US Authorities Extradite UK Citizen Behind 2020 Twitter Hack, SIM Swap Bitcoin BTC Theft
“O’Connor used his sophisticated technological abilities for malicious purposes — conducting a complex SIM swap attack to steal large amounts of crypt [...]
Blockchain-Enabled SIM Card for Crypto Investors Fuels Conflux Growth; Bitcoin BTC Price Hovers Near $27.3K After Fed Decision
These are set to be built in partnership with China Telecom, the second-largest wireless carrier in China with an estimated 390 million subscribers, a [...]