Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
T-Mobile
Hack or exploit on Jul 15, 2021 · SIM Card Attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$55K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,898
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Mobile phone operator T-Mobile filed a lawsuit for failing to prevent the SIM exchange scam, which cost a customer $55,000 in Bitcoin. The plaintiff Richard Harris accused T-Mobile of improper behavior, including failing to adequately protect customer information, hiring appropriate support personnel, and violating federal and state laws that caused him to lose 1.63 bitcoins.
Details
- Date
- Jul 15, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- SIM Card Attack
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "T-Mobile hack, Jul 15, 2021: $55K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htbdd94bee37/ (data as of 2026-10-31).