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Social engineering Verizon phone records

2023-12-08 20:21:38.49809+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

404 Media: Verizon Gave Phone Data to Armed Stalker Who Posed as Cop Over Email

The news is a massive failure by Verizon who did not verify that the data request was fraudulent, and the company potentially put someone’s safety at risk. The news also highlights the now common use of fraudulent emergency data requests (EDRs) or search warrants in the digital underworld, where criminals pretend to be law enforcement officers, fabricate an urgent scenario such as a kidnapping, and then convince telecoms or tech companies to hand over data that should only be accessible through legitimate law enforcement requests. As 404 Media previously reported, some hackers are using compromised government email accounts for this purpose.

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