Security flaws in American phone networks, some having been present since the late 1970s, are being investigated by the FCC after evidence points to their potential use for spying on the American people by foreign governments. These security flaws have been known...
Subscriber identity module (SIM) swapping scams involve criminals stealing a target’s phone number to access their personal data and financial information. Recently, scammers have increasingly started using eSIM cards to carry out their activities. Many smartphone...
Jonathan “Luna” Katz, a former manager at a telecommunications company in Burlington County, NJ, pleaded guilty on March 12, 2024, for his role in a subscriber identity module (SIM) swapping crime. Katz stole customers’ SIM numbers, which he then gave access to an...
