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The Hacker News |
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1020075 |
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2019-02-04 00:17:04 (vue: 2019-02-09 15:01:22) |
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First Hacker Convicted of \'SIM Swapping\' Attack Gets 10 Years in Prison |
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A 20-year-old college student who stole cryptocurrency worth more than $5 million by hijacking victims' phone numbers has pleaded guilty and accepted a sentence of 10 years in prison.
Ortiz was arrested last year on charges of siphoning millions of dollars in cryptocurrency from around 40 victims using a method commonly known as "SIM swapping," which typically involves fraudulently porting of
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