"Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&T and Verizon. As first reported by KrebsOnSecurity last month, the accused is a communications specialist who was recently stationed in South Korea."

"On Nov. 5, Kiberphant0m offered call logs stolen from Verizon’s push-to-talk (PTT) customers — mainly U.S. government agencies and emergency first responders. On Nov. 9, Kiberphant0m posted a sales thread on BreachForums offering a “SIM-swapping” service targeting Verizon PTT customers. In a SIM-swap, fraudsters use credentials that are phished or stolen from mobile phone company employees to divert a target’s phone calls and text messages to a device they control."

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/u-s-army-soldier-arrested-in-att-verizon-extortions/

WOW!! “call logs stolen … U.S. government agencies and emergency first responders.”

Scary on several levels. Thanks for posting.


Big Hutch

Back about 3 years ago a Army guy stationed in Korea hacked into my VA account. He changed my password, email address, and bank info for direct deposit. He stole over $3000 and was set up to get more before I went to the VA regional office in Waco. He was in with some guys in San Antonio and California. What's the deal with the military in Korea?