

LIZZIE: So then I get home that night, um, back from Asheville, like 8 hours in the car. I'll just send the password reset.” Right?

I'm gonna deal with this when I get home. PJ: But like the app isn't working, or it’s like you've-been-banned-from-your-accounts not working?ĪLEX: It's–the app is working fine, but she can't use it.ĪLEX: And she's like, “I’m on vacation. I’m pretty sure that I wanted to Snapchat a brewery that I was passing and send it to my brother ’cause we had been there before.ĪLEX: So she tries to open Snapchat, and she's locked out of it.

I think, I think I was in the car, and I wanted to Snapchat something.

LIZZIE: I was in Asheville, North Carolina for Labor Day weekend vacation. PJ: Um, so what–so what do you have this week?ĪLEX: We got an email from a woman named Lizzie.ĪLEX: Hey, this is Alex Goldman, how ya doing?ĪLEX: Lizzie’s in her 20s, works with teens at a nonprofit, and she told me that when she was on vacation over Labor Day, she had this very weird thing happen with her Snapchat.ĪLEX: Where were you when you realized that something was wrong? 'I Could Ruin Your Business Right Now': Listen to a SIM-Jacking, Account-Stealing RansomĪLEX GOLDMAN: From Gimlet, this is Reply All, I’m Alex Goldman.ĪLEX: And this week, we have a Super Tech Support.ĪLEX: Super tech support is the segment on our show where someone writes in to us with a problem that is bigger than they can solve, and I try to solve it. How Criminals Recruit Telecom Employees to Help Them Hijack SIM CardsĪlleged 19-Year-Old SIM Swapper Used Stolen Bitcoin to Buy Luxury CarsĬops Arrest Infamous SIM Swapper Who Allegedly Stole $14 Million in Cryptocurrency ‘TELL YOUR DAD TO GIVE US BITCOIN:’ How a Hacker Allegedly Stole Millions by Hijacking Phone Numbers How to Protect Yourself From SIM Swapping Hacks Stories about Sim Swapping and OGUsers by Vice/Motherboard Workbook to freeze your credit and remove yourself from public records websites Steps Michael Bazzell Gave Alex to Protect Himself The complete Security and Privacy Podcast This week, a new Super Tech Support: after Lizzie's Snapchat gets hacked, things start getting really creepy.
