A hacking ring stole millions by hijacking SIM cards, feds say

Nine people have been charged in an alleged conspiracy to hijack SIM cards and steal cryptocurrency from unwitting victims, prosecutors said this week. The scheme, according to court documents, netted more than $2.4 million. In an unsealed indictment, prosecutors in the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan allege that six of the people, living across the United States and Ireland, were members of a group called "The Community." The hacking ring, prosecutors say, took part in...