Never steal a hacker’s girlfriend’s phone: How an expert exposed a global network of thieves (english.elpais.com)

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Rename the article. "Boyfriend recognises phishing."

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

They steal your iphone, then try to phish your pin. If that fails, they scrap the phone for parts.

The dude just basically says this ^

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

So this guy did almost nothing...

this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2025

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