Hackers Took Control Of Sydney Sweeney’s Phone And X Account: REPORT

Hackers reportedly took control of Sydney Sweeney’s Verizon phone number earlier in July and made changes to her account. Technology reported the posted a photograph of a Verizon receipt online, showing that her account had been taken over and tampered with an account bearing her name. They cautioned that the “Euphoria” star had likely become “a victim of SIM swapping, where hackers take over a target’s phone number and reroute text messages and phone calls to a device that the attackers control.

” New from 404 Media: Sydney Sweeney, the Euphoria and White Lotus star, was SIM swapped, according to a Verizon receipt posted online with changes to an account in her name. Shows how telecoms continue to be a soft target even for top celebrities — Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 18: Sydney Sweeney arrives at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 18, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/FilmMagic) Getty Images A photo of Sweeney showed an iPhone and its box placed on top of the trunk of a Mercedes-Benz S550.

“Hi SYDNEY SWEENEY, Thank you for your order,” the receipt read, according to 404. The date listed on the receipt in the image, also matched the date that Sweeney’s X account was by someone that issued a post about a cryptocurrency, according to . “Well I think it’s time $sweeney is now live 100mc incoming,” the hackers wrote to Sweeney’s account.

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