Telecoms Manager Admits to Taking Bribes to Help Carry Out SIM Swapping Attacks
A New Jersey man faces five years in prison after taking hefty bribes and
commissions to help cybercriminals in SIM swapping attacks.
Cybercriminals use SIM swapping, or SIM jacking, to port a victim’s number to a
SIM card in their control and take over their accounts by intercepting
two-factor authentication codes.
Attackers typically use a telecom insider to do this.
Jonathan Katz, aka “Luna,” 42, of Marlton, New Jersey, acted as such an insider
while working at an unnamed telecommunication