Oct 18 2024CRIME
Bitcoin Scheme Unmasked: A Look at the SIM Swap Trick
Imagine this: someone tricks your cell phone provider and takes over your number. Scary, right? This is what's called a SIM swap. Now, let's talk about how this happened to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and how it affected Bitcoin. A clever attacker pulled off a SIM swap to gain control over the SEC's official Twitter account. They did this by convinc...
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