Europol catches hackers group for crypto theft
The operation, which had the help of countries such as the United States, managed to arrest 10 hackers
Europol arrested ten hackers accused of stealing $ 100 million in cryptocurrencies through a campaign of theft of SIM cards in the United States.
The network of hackers carried out in 2020 a series of attacks on thousands of victims, including Internet ‘influencers’, famous athletes, musicians and their families.
They used the method known as SIM card hijacking, with which they deactivate a SIM card and associate it with another phone number. They usually pose as companies to obtain this information or obtain it from telephone providers.
In this way, they got illegal access to the victims’ phones and used it to access their applications and change the passwords of their accounts, as Europol detailed in a statement.
Using this technique, they managed to steal a total of 100 million dollars in cryptocurrencies from their victims, but also personal information and even took control of their accounts on social networks.
The arrest of the attackers was a joint operation in the United Kingdom, the United States, Belgium, Malta and Canada, coordinated by the European police, and took place after a year-long investigation.
K. Tovar
Source: Sputnik Mundo
