Penalty of hacker sentenced to 10 years was confirmed for the first convicted in 'SIM Hijack' to take over smart SIM

by ROBIN WORRALL

In the suspicion that he hacked dozens of mobile phones and stealed more than 5 million dollars (about 550 million yen) virtual currency by launching a " SIM hijack " attack that takes over SOM swap with another person's mobile phone It has become clear that university student hackers who were arrested accepted their own crimes and accepted a sentence of 10 years imprisonment. This case is the first case that I was convicted by SIM Hijack.

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First Hacker Convicted of 'SIM Swapping' Attack Gets 10 Years in Prison
https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/sim-swapping-hack.html

In July 2018, Joel Ortiz, a college student living in Boston suspected of hacking a large number of mobile phone numbers in the state of California, USA and stealing over 5 million dollars (about 550 million yen) of virtual currency, Was arrested. Ortiz said he also sold SNS accounts acquired through SIM hacking. By reading the following article you can find out how to commit the crime and how the police have identified the criminal.

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According to Erin West, a deputy prosecutor of Santa Clara County, California, Ortiz was charged with 28 cases of personal information theft, 13 cases of hacking, 2 cases of theft, at the end of January 2019 He admitted his own charges in the meeting and accepted a heavy sentence of 10 years in prison. According to the police authorities, Ortiz said, "It is the first person convicted by SIM swap crime," and the prosecutors and agents investigating cases related to SIM hijacking are the same in this case We are hoping that they will be useful as guidelines for judging criminals using such methods.

Sammy Tarazi, one of the agents responsible for Mr. Ortiz's case, said, "We think that justice was done, and hopefully this example will be a strong message to the criminal community using SIM hijacking I will tell you.

by Manh Nghiem

There are multiple young people arrested for suspicion of SIM hacking like Mr. Ortiz. 19-year-old Xzavyer Narvaez was charged with stealing bit money coins equivalent to 1 million dollars (about 110 million yen) , 21-year-old Nicholas Truglia suspects millions of people from Silicon Valley executives It has been charged with stealing bit coins equivalent to dollars (hundreds of millions of yen) . And 21-year-old Joseph Harris, one of the most notorious SIM hijackers, is suspected of stealing a virtual currency equivalent of 14 million dollars (about 1.5 billion yen) .

Mr. West does not disclose the details of the investigation on SIM hijacking in progress at the time of article creation, but reveals that there are also incidents that arise for arrest with a new investigation warrant issued. In addition, "Jowel's sentence seems obvious that our community will not tolerate this type of crime," he says, "We will continue looking for everyone to be responsible," SIM Hijacker We are not going to relax hands for investigation.

It is said that the investigation on SIM hijacking is handled by the Regional Executive Alliance Computer Team ( REACT ) by several police departments in California, USA. According to the agent of REACT, it seems that hundreds of reports from the victim who received a SIM hijacking attack in 2018 seems to have been received, but the number of reported cases is gradually decreasing in 2019 It is.