was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a range of crimes, including SIM swapping. More details have now appeared about this cybercriminal, who deceived AT&T and T-Mobile employees to harm their customers.Bloomberg, we are told about how easy it was for teenagers with no coding skills to conduct SIM swap attacks. These attacks allow criminals to transfer a victim's phone number to a SIM card they possess, allowing them to access multi-factor authentication codes, which are required to authenticate log-ins.
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. He pleaded guilty, and his lawyer tried to defend him by claiming he was influenced by older co-conspirators, and that SIM swapping appeared more like a game than a serious crime to him. To make her point, the lawyer highlighted that even large corporations like AT&T and T-Mobile were outsmarted by teenage kids.
–Douglas Olson, Special Agent in Charge
The teen wasn't cash-strapped and came from a fairly affluent family. The adrenaline rush that SIM swapping provided was hard to resist. His accomplices also gave the socially awkward kid a sense of community. AT&T and T-Mobile call center employees. They also hired kids to steal the iPads of phone store representatives. T-Mobile's network and use remote-access software to access its SIM-activation tool. He would remain logged in for months, only losing access when T-Mobile kicked him out.
Noah was hired by Junk to call store staff and talk them into handing over their login details. He pretended to be an information technology employee on these calls, reading out from a script Junk prepared.
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Are you alarmed at how easy it was breach to AT&T and T-Mobile?
Not at all.
29.63%
Yes, had no idea it could be this bad.
48.15%
I am only shocked that non-coders pulled this off.
22.22%
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...but there were Fortune 500 companies like AT&T and T-Mobile who were essentially tricked by a bunch of teenage kids.
–Kathryn Sheldon, Noah's lawyer
Noah apologized for his crimes, but that didn't move the judge enough to let him walk away after a few years in jail. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.worked alongside the Canadian hacker and his accomplice who swindled T-Mobile customer Joseph "Josh" Jones out of millions of dollars of crypto. bolstering their security, customers shouldn't let the recent reports cause them anxiety.
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