Moonday Mornings: Another cryptocurrency SIM-swap victim sues AT&T, this time for $1.8M

Moonday Mornings: Another cryptocurrency SIM-swap victim sues AT&T, this time for $1.8M


Welcome to Moonday Morning forkers. It’s Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines you can’t afford to miss. Take a look at what’s happened over the last few days. 1. Telecom operator AT&T is being sued by an individual claiming to be the victim of a SIM-swap hack which resulted in the loss of $1.8 million. The victim alleges that between May 16 – 18 AT&T employees transferred ownership of their SIM to bad actors. The scammers were then able to access the victim’s personal finances and cryptocurrency exchange accounts to carry out their attack. It…

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Moonday Mornings: Another cryptocurrency SIM-swap victim sues AT&T, this time for .8M
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