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Europol Arrests 26 SIM Swapping Fraudsters For Stealing Over $3 Million

  • None--Nationalcybersecurity.com
  • published date: 2020-03-16 10:00:00 UTC

The law enforcement agencies arrested 12 and 14 people in Spain and Romania, respectively, as part of a joint operation against two different groups of SIM swappers, Europol said. The development comes as SIM swapping attacks are emerging as one of the bigges…

Europol, along with the Spanish and the Romanian national police, has arrested 26 individuals in connection with the theft of over 3.5 million ($3.9 million) by hijacking people’s phone numbers via SIM swapping attacks. The law enforcement agencies arrested … [+2930 chars]