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AT&T store worker gets 16 months inside for SIM-swap side hustle

Phone shop staffer claimed he was paid less than $4k for in his part attacks leading to combined intended losses of $600,000

A former AT&T retail worker who used his system access to hijack customers' phone numbers for cybercriminals has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison.

Kenneth Carter, 44, carried out the SIM swaps at a store in Portland, Oregon, , allowing the criminals to intercept authentication codes and raid victims' bank accounts.

Court documents show that Carter worked with at least three other people in the scheme, which ran between May 2018 and November 2019, and caused nearly $600,000 in intended losses.

Co-conspirator One, described in court documents as the operation's main "hacker," identified victims with online bank accounts, gathered their personal data, and sent it to Carter, who could reassign their phone numbers.

Carter abused his access to AT&T's systems to transfer victims' phone numbers to...

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