Between his browser being used (it would have a fingerprint logged as “trusted”), a password, his home IP, and OTPs being sent to his phone, I can see why they aren’t in a rush to cover it. That’s a lot of things lining up at once.
Of course, there could be a combo of a pwned computer and a sim swap, but that’s a lot of trouble to go to for $15k. Not unheard of, but there needs to be a lot more than just his word for it at this point.
That’s what I would figure, and it’s easy enough to determine. There’s a lot of unanswered questions here and I’m wondering if the reason the bank is withholding an explanation is because they’re going to send this to the cops. This is pretty fishy.
Between his browser being used (it would have a fingerprint logged as “trusted”), a password, his home IP, and OTPs being sent to his phone, I can see why they aren’t in a rush to cover it. That’s a lot of things lining up at once.
Of course, there could be a combo of a pwned computer and a sim swap, but that’s a lot of trouble to go to for $15k. Not unheard of, but there needs to be a lot more than just his word for it at this point.
That is not a lot of trouble for $15K. Especially in countries with lower living costs
So simple question does his phone still work? A SIM swap he would notice he had no connection.
That’s what I would figure, and it’s easy enough to determine. There’s a lot of unanswered questions here and I’m wondering if the reason the bank is withholding an explanation is because they’re going to send this to the cops. This is pretty fishy.
Typically, sim swaps are actually SIM clones. Not as easy to do since we’ve moved on from GSM.
A SIM swap hack is when they phone in and and get the company to activate a new sim on your number. Then you get all the OTP sent to your new phone.