# Judge Lets AT&T Off the Hook for Crypto Investor SIM Swap Attack

Source: https://gizmodo.com/at-t-crypto-hack-sim-card-ellis-pinsky-1850299709
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Judge-Lets-ATandT-Off-the-Hook-for-Crypto-Investor-SIM-Swap-Attack?index=0x65080ba8b01f58a6bc1dc5208bb9616a3c3d66b7d52954cb4d67718e2e473f71282325f7
Submitted by lens.ahn.eth on 2023-09-18 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments

## Summary

A federal judge in California has ruled that AT&T is not liable for damages in the 2017 SIM swap hack that stole $24 million from early crypto investor Michael Terpin. Terpin had sued AT&T in 2018 for $224 million, alleging an inside man at the company gave the hackers access to his phone, but the judge earlier dismissed the $200 million damages claim because AT&T's privacy policies did not guarantee protection from third-party hacks. Terpin said he was "shocked and baffled" by the ruling and intends to appeal, while an AT&T spokesperson said the company was not responsible for his losses.