2022年12月5日,

来源:Pixabay 25岁的佛罗里达州男子因偷窃被判处18个月的监禁价值超过20美元的密码作为一个SIM交换计划的一部分。根据美国司法部的新闻稿,男人参与了方案,与受害者的SIM卡到另一个号码。技术,被称为“SIM交换”,然后允许黑客获取未授权访问加密的钱包属于受害者,与电话号码由计划控制的参与者。受害者的加密的钱包在这种情况下包含价值超过20美元的cryptocurrency。在获得了钱包,佛罗里达人现在被联系到一个计划参与者补充道他在线与其他几个人的电话。在通话过程中,佛罗里达人了解了SIM交换计划,同意接收cryptocurrency雷竞技 raybet从受害者的钱包。被盗cryptocurrency然后转换为比特币(BTC)和与其他计划参与者共享。总的来说,价值20美元的密码被盗的受害者。18个月的监禁判决的人被认定为尼古拉斯籍贯的佛罗里达。他被美国联邦地区法院法官判处阿尔文·k·Hellerstein。 In addition to the 18 months jail sentence, Truglia was ordered to pay $20,379,007 in restitution to the victim within 60 days. “Nicholas Truglia and his associates stole a staggering amount of cryptocurrency from the victim through a complex SIM swap scheme. Nevertheless, today’s sentencing goes to show that no matter how sophisticated the crime is, this Office will continue to successfully prosecute those who choose to defraud others,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a comment. Crypto scams on the rise on YouTube The news about the sentencing comes as a new report from blockchain security firm Certik revealed that scams on YouTube – specifically scams advertising so-called front-running bots – have seen a 500% surge in 2022. In crypto, front-running is the process of using inside knowledge of an unconfirmed blockchain transaction to make a trade on a decentralized exchange ( DEX ) before the original transaction has been processed. On many blockchains, this can be done by accessing the mempool to view pending transactions, which also includes unconfirmed transactions. The user or bot then makes a transaction with a higher transaction fee to ensure it gets processed first, and is then able to profit by later flipping the position on the same DEX. Visualization of how front-running using fake numbers work: Source: Certik According to Certik, YouTube videos that pretend to offer front-running bots, but instead direct viewers to sites that scam them, are increasing. To acoid falling for this, Certik recommends users to never run code they don’t fully understands. “It only takes one line of code to convert a seemingly innocent contract into a malicious one,” the firm wrote, before finally adding: “The golden rule of scamming applies here: if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.”