Executive Summary

Former AT&T retail employee Kenneth Carter used his store access to perform SIM‑swap fraud, hijacking customers’ phone numbers to intercept authentication codes and drain bank accounts. He was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: DataBreaches.net - Published Date: 2026-09-13T14:50:08+00:00 - Category: data-breaches

Original Description: Connor Jones reports: 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.... Source

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