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Inside OGUSERS, a forum to trade social media and gaming handles, often stolen via “SIM hijacking” where phone numbers are stolen via carrier's customer service

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard : Tweets: @jason_koebler , @lorenzofb , @briankrebs , @itgirljs , and @jason_koebler Tweets: Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : Meanwhile, hackers are actively sitting inside T-Mobile's networks; one of them sent Lorenzo his own personal information when asked pic.twitter.com/m38SMwI6SX @lorenzofb : We spoke to 30+ victims who got their phone numbers hijacked by hackers looking to steal their Instagram accounts or cryptocurrency. Attacks like these appear to be more common than you think, but telecom providers refused to give us any data on them. http://motherboard.vice.com/ ... http://twitter.com/... @briankrebs : I asked Facebook a few weeks ago when they were going to get real 2FA for Instagram. They said it was something they were working on, but no more details. Sorry, but one of the richest companies in the world can't fix their broken security? Unacceptable. https://motherboard.vice.com/ ... Jessica / @itgirljs : “Thug and Ace explained that many hackers now recruit customer support or store employees who work at T-Mobile and other carriers and bribe them $80 or $100 to perform a SIM swap on their target.” http://twitter.com/... Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : This is a horrifying and incredibly detailed piece by @lorenzofb about a growing subculture of hackers who impersonate their victims, steal their phone numbers, then steal their Instagram photos and sell them for Bitcoin https://motherboard.vice.com/ ...

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