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fromNew York Post
12 hours ago

Exclusive | Crafty pickpockets swipe dozens more phones from NYC music venues

Skilled pickpockets stole dozens of cell phones at multiple crowded Brooklyn concerts this month, prompting venue warnings and coordination with the NYPD.
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 months ago

Never steal a hacker's girlfriend's phone: How an expert exposed a global network of thieves

Two days later, Vigo received a text message from iCloud, Apple's cloud service: Find my iPhone 13 mini. It has been connected to the internet and located today. Last location. It included a link to a strange address: apple(.)device-maps.net. The text message was awful: typos, a suspicious domain, and iCloud, says Vigo. But as a hacker, and with his partner without her cell phone, Vigo wasn't going to let that message go unnoticed.
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