Ex-T-Mobile US store owner phished staff, raked in $25m

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Ex-T-Mobile US store owner phished staff, raked in $25m from unlocking phones

A now-former T-Mobile US store stole at least 50 employees' work credentials to run a phone unlocking and unblocking service that prosecutors said netted $25 million.] by a US federal jury on Friday.

Even after the self-styled un-carrier gave him the boot, he continued his illicit scheme, advertising unlocking and unblocking services through brokers, email spam, and websites that Khudaverdyan and Gharehbagloo controlled, such as unlocks247[.]com and swiftunlocked[.]com. To perform these services, Khudaverdyan sought access to the relevant management functions within T-Mobile US's internal computer system. And so he sent phishing emails to T-Mo employees so he could steal their login credentials, prosecutors said.

He also socially engineered T-Mo's IT support, and seems to have got some inside help from rogue call center workers to gain access to staff accounts. According to prosecutors:

 

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