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From: Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid>
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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 01:56:00 +0000
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On 03/03/2025 12:27, Java Jive wrote:
> So, EDF allowed them to go from his email address to obtaining his 
> mobile phone number for a SIM-swap scam, but I wonder how they managed 
> to go from either to all his savings accounts, unless they'd also 
> compromised his PC or phone as well; if the latter, why did they need to 
> go via EDF?

Once you've got the email and done the SIM swap scam or hacked SS7 to 
read someone’s incoming SMS, that's enough, or almost enough, to get in 
to all sorts of things via the I've forgotten my password link on their 
websites.

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).