Shapiro in the two consecutive SIM swap attacks on May 16, 2018,” the complaint added.Shapiro described it as “a nightmare that I couldn’t wake up from.””There was nobody to get in touch with,” he said. Shapiro’s accounts into accounts that they controlled.””In all, they stole more than $1.8 million from Mr.
Shapiro’s AT&T wireless number,” the court documents added.The lawsuit alleges that hackers were able to access “accounts on various cryptocurrency exchange platforms, including the accounts he controlled on behalf of his business venture. Shapiro’s accounts on cryptocurrency exchange platforms, including KuCoin, Bittrex, Wax, Coinbase, Huobi, Crytopia, LiveCoin, HitBTC, Coss.io, Liqui, and Bitfinex.”The digital currency “was accessed by the hackers utilizing their control over Mr. 17 claims that while third parties had control over his AT&T wireless number, “They used that control to access and reset the passwords for Mr. They were able to reset passwords because it was tied to his phone number, he said.”I sat there and my entire life savings were stolen and there was nothing I could do about it, in the AT&T store,” he added.The complaint filed on Oct. He alleges that hackers accessed the SIM card associated with his account and switched it from his phone to a device controlled by them - sending all of his personal data and information to the new device. His phone became a “Wi-Fi device,” where it still functioned “but those four bars at the top were gone” and “you can’t make a call or receive one,” he explained.At the AT&T store he said he asked employees to put him on a list that stops his SIM card from being swapped, but eventually found out that no such list exists. “I’ve since learned this has happened to many people.”In May 2018, Shapiro, who has a background in tech, said he realized something was happening to his phone when it stopped working properly while he was in New York City, and he immediately ran to the closest AT&T store. (LOS ANGELES) - A California man is suing AT&T after he says one of its employees allowed a hacker to access his cell phone number that resulted in his data being compromised and more than $1.8 million in cryptocurrency stolen from his accounts.Seth Shapiro says that an AT&T employee allowed a hacker to swap his phone number from his phone to a separate device, which resulted in “the compromise of highly sensitive personal and financial information and the theft of more than $1.8 million,” according to court documents.The process of so-called “SIM swapping” allows hackers a way to gain access to all the information tied to a phone number potentially giving them access to every email, photo, app and more on the phone.”It’s sort of out of anybody’s worst nightmares,” Shapiro told ABC News.