The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA)—working alongside the US Secret Service, Homeland Security, the FBI, Europol, and the District Attorney’s Office of Santa Clara California—spearheaded the arrest of eight British citizens in the UK and Scotland, aged between 18 to 26, for a string of SIM swapping attacks that occurred in 2020. These attacks targeted thousands of people and netted some high-profile victims such as online influencers, sports stars, and musicians.

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