Arrested SIM Swappers Include a Member of the Infamous 'Chuckling Squad'

Arrested SIM Swappers Include a Member of the Infamous 'Chuckling Squad'

3 years ago
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvxaad/nca-arrest-chuckling-squad-aqua-sim-swappers

The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency recently arrested at least one member of the hacking group The Chuckling Squad, which has targeted celebrities and other high profile social media users with SIM swapping attacks. The NCA said it had arrested eight men in the UK for related offenses, but the specific identification of the group has not been previously reported.

"They accused me of hacking the met [Metropolitan] Police; Chantel Jeffries; Adam Sandler; and accused me of stealing over $1m in crypto. I'm fine though," one of the arrested members, who goes by the handle Aqua, told Motherboard in an online chat last week.