A simplistic, but accurate, example of how your SIM card can be hijacked.

1. Do prep work to steal SIM

• Steal screenshots or photos of ID found in emails, downloaded attachments, uploaded photos, screenshots. Record names, addresses, and other personal information.
• Gather social media information from these accounts, including personal content useful for guessing password hints: job, children, car, hobbies, hometown.

2. Steal SIM

• Call SIM provider (start with the major providers and just go down the list). Provide ID, password hint. Request SIM transfer.

The collapse of the FTX crypto exchange has taken the world by surprise.

Check the "News" section below for links that will give some insight and background on this meltdown.

A couple of points to remember:

• FTX is a crypto exchange, but it also had investment from 40-ish high level investors, hedge funds, and investing institutions.
• Due diligence (or lack thereof) is one of the big questions running through this crash. If the FTX books were as shaky as they appear to be, why was so much invested? The answer, of course, is money. The allure of huge amounts of money.
• Should these high level investors have been able to see this coming?

The main point to remember is not to "throw the baby out with the bathwater". Yes, FTX is/was a crypto exchange, but in the end... this is a crypto-and-investment-fund-ego-clear-as-mud fiasco, not just a crypto fiasco. The value of some crypto-coins AND some investment funds will drop.

I don't have all the answers, but I do know that the cycle will continue, as it always has. Hopefully we find lessons in this that we can use going forward.

A quote from "The Street" (check below for link)