Author: Jon Porter
A 34-year-old man has been accused of paying AT&T employees thousands of dollars over the course of five years to unlock millions of phones tied to the company’s network. The Department of Justice says that Muhammad Fahd, who has been extradited to the US from Hong Kong, paid one employee over $420,000 over five years to unlock the phones.
Initially, the DOJ says that Fahd would simply provide the AT&T insiders with phone International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers, and they would use the company’s internal systems to unlock these devices. However, after all but one of his contacts were fired by the company, Fahd worked with his remaining co-conspirator to install malware that would allow him to unlock the phones remotely. F...
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A 34-year-old man has been accused of paying AT&T employees thousands of dollars over the course of five years to unlock millions of phones tied to the company’s network. The Department of Justice says that Muhammad Fahd, who has been extradited to the US from Hong Kong, paid one employee over $420,000 over five years to unlock the phones.
Initially, the DOJ says that Fahd would simply provide the AT&T insiders with phone International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers, and they would use the company’s internal systems to unlock these devices. However, after all but one of his contacts were fired by the company, Fahd worked with his remaining co-conspirator to install malware that would allow him to unlock the phones remotely. F...
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