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• British National Tyler Robert Buchanan Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Cryptocurrency Theft and Corporate Intrusions

  Published: Apr 20, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Tyler Robert Buchanan, a 24 year old from Scotland, admitted to orchestrating a sophisticated SMS phishing and SIM swapping scheme that defrauded numerous companies and individuals...

• The Identity Anchor Trap: Why SIM Swapping Renders Phone-Based Authentication Obsolete

  Published: Mar 10, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  Security expert Torsten George warns that the industry’s reliance on mobile phone numbers as "trusted identity anchors" has become a critical vulnerability. SIM swap attacks exploi...