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"U.S. Department of Justice Requests Seizure of Bitcoin Stolen in SIM Swapping Worth $5 Million"
JH Kim
On the 9th (local time), the U.S. Department of Justice filed for forfeiture of more than $5 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) seized in a SIM Swapping scam.
SIM Swapping is an attack technique in which an attacker steals or alters SIM information to intercept a target's communications.


JH Kim
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