Buchanan admitted to conducting SMS phishing attacks, bombarding a victim company's employees with hundreds of messages linking to phishing sites designed to harvest credentials and personally identifiable information (PII).
British prosecutors have secured a civil recovery order to seize crypto assets worth £4.11 million ($5.39 million) from Twitter hacker Joseph James O'Connor, clawing back the proceeds of a scam that used hijacked celebrity accounts to solicit digital currency and threaten high-profile individuals. O'Connor, now 26, is already serving a five-year sentence in the US after pleading guilty in 2023 to conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, wire fraud, and money laundering
AT&T's new Account Lock feature protects wireless users against unauthorized account changes, including phone number transfers and SIM card changes, significantly reducing the risk of SIM swapping attacks.
