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Eric Meiggs and Declan Harrington, both from Massachusetts, were sentenced to more than two years in prison for stealing cryptocurrency in SIM swapping attacks and hijacking their victims’ social media accounts.
Two Massachusetts men have been jailed for taking over social media accounts and stealing cryptocurrency holdings by using an illegal technique called SIM-swapping, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday. | Business Insider Africa
Two Massachusetts individuals have been sentenced to 2 years in prison for using SIM swapping to take over high-profile social media accounts and stealing cryptocurrency.
A pair of hackers in their early 20s have been sentenced for two years in prison for stealing cryptocurrency via "SIM swapping" and other techniques.
A Rockport, Massachusetts, man has pleaded guilty over his role in a scheme targeting people who had high-value social media accounts or who were believed to have large amounts of cryptocurrency.