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Hackers shut down family's homes, hijack digital lives with 'SIM swap'

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Friday, March 15, 2024
Hackers shut down family's homes, hijack digital lives with 'SIM swap'
Hackers got into a family's Cricket Wireless account, shut down all their phones, and got into their banking, RobinHood and Coinbase crypto apps.
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