VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
Root cause
Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
Forensic narrative
Mobile phone operator T-Mobile filed a lawsuit for failing to prevent the SIM exchange scam, which cost a customer $55,000 in Bitcoin. The plaintiff Richard Harris accused T-Mobile of improper behavior, including failing to adequately protect customer information, hiring appropriate support personnel, and violating federal and state laws that caused him to lose 1.63 bitcoins. Attack method (per SlowMist): SIM Card Attack. Reported loss: $ 55,000.
Primary source
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/07/15/another-bitcoin-investor-sues-t-mobile-over-sim-swap-attack/ ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- bitcoin
- protocol
- T-Mobile
- bug_class
- rug
- date_occurred
- 2021-07-15
- loss_usd
- $55,000
- source_id
- sm:t-mobile::2021-07-15
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