Why would they target celebrities? Celebrities have a jillion eyeballs and cameras on them and their dwellings. Rich nobody's would be a better target.
I agree, but let us also remember that these are Sim-swapping criminals dumb enough to get caught. No doublt there are zillions of smarter ones choosing better targets and avoiding capture. May their milk curdle.
Why would they target celebrities? Celebrities have a jillion eyeballs and cameras on them and their dwellings. Rich nobody's would be a better target.
For practical reasons actually, celebrities tend to be easier to research and find answers to various security questions, due to the wealth of information posted online about them due to fandom. These security questions may be harder for average folks, "What's your favorite animal?", but I'm sure you can find an interview with a celebrity where they talk about their love of leopards, pandas etc.
They also tend to have a large number of social media followers, meaning it can be more easily monetized for b
When the National Crime Agency seizes things - boats, cars, houses, Bitcoin, paintings, whatever, they sell the stuff at auction. You can find the auction listings with a quick Google search.
I found it interesting what they choose for the very first sentence in their web page: "Someone doesn't need to have been convicted of a crime for us to pursue their assets."
That's the first thing they want everyone to know?
they tricked US mobile operators into assigning a celebrity's phone number to a new SIM card
How does that work? I don't understand. Why would an operator assign an existing number to a new SIM card without verifying the person's identity?
I once had lost my phone. Had to go to the carrier's shop, and show my ID before they de-activated my old SIM and gave me a new one.
Why would they target celebrities? Celebrities have a jillion eyeballs and cameras on them and their dwellings. Rich nobody's would be a better target.
I agree, but let us also remember that these are Sim-swapping criminals dumb enough to get caught. No doublt there are zillions of smarter ones choosing better targets and avoiding capture. May their milk curdle.
Why would they target celebrities? Celebrities have a jillion eyeballs and cameras on them and their dwellings. Rich nobody's would be a better target.
For practical reasons actually, celebrities tend to be easier to research and find answers to various security questions, due to the wealth of information posted online about them due to fandom. These security questions may be harder for average folks, "What's your favorite animal?", but I'm sure you can find an interview with a celebrity where they talk about their love of leopards, pandas etc.
They also tend to have a large number of social media followers, meaning it can be more easily monetized for b
When the National Crime Agency seizes things - boats, cars, houses, Bitcoin, paintings, whatever, they sell the stuff at auction. You can find the auction listings with a quick Google search.
Here's one of their pages about it.
https://www.nationalcrimeagenc... [nationalcr...ncy.gov.uk]
I found it interesting what they choose for the very first sentence in their web page:
"Someone doesn't need to have been convicted of a crime for us to pursue their assets."
That's the first thing they want everyone to know?
"Basically, we're thugs with authorization from the government to steal the assets of anyone we want" would pretty much mean the same thing.