The Pizza Problem INVOLVES SIM swapping
The incident involved repeated attempts to take over Miles’s phone number through SIM swapping.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 97 Details
“someone SIM-swapped Miles’ phone number over to theirs”
Incident
incident:the_pizza_problem
Targeted harassment campaign in which repeated cash-on-delivery pizza orders were sent to Miles and members of his family to pressure him into surrendering an Instagram handle.
Targeted harassment campaign in which repeated cash-on-delivery pizza orders were sent to Miles and members of his family to pressure him into surrendering an Instagram handle.
“Tell your boyfriend to let go of his Instagram handle or the pizza doesn’t stop.”
“The pizzas kept coming to his house for two whole days.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | INVOLVES | SIM swapping | Explicit | 97 |
| outgoing | INITIAL_ACCESS_VIA | social engineering | Uncertain | 97 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Password recovery | Explicit | 97 |
| outgoing | COMPROMISES | Gmail | Explicit | 97 |
| outgoing | COMPROMISES | Explicit | 97 | |
| outgoing | COMPROMISES | Explicit | 97 | |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | AT&T | Explicit | 97 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | T-Mobile | Explicit | 97 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | OG accounts | Explicit | 97 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | OGUsers | Uncertain | 97 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Swatting | Uncertain | 97 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Fire-trucking | Uncertain | 97 |
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES SIM swapping
The incident involved repeated attempts to take over Miles’s phone number through SIM swapping.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 97 Details
“someone SIM-swapped Miles’ phone number over to theirs”
The Pizza Problem INITIAL_ACCESS_VIA social engineering
The attackers appear to have gained access by socially engineering mobile-provider representatives; Miles said they manipulated T-Mobile into changing the SIM.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Miles EP 97 Details
“manipulate their way in through either doing it in person or doing it over the phone”
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES Password recovery
After the SIM swap, the attacker used password recovery to reset Miles’s Gmail password and reach other accounts.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 97 Details
“proceeded to do a password recovery on his Gmail account”
The Pizza Problem COMPROMISES Gmail
During the first attack, the attacker accessed and reset Miles’s Gmail account.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Miles EP 97 Details
“They got into Twitter, they got into Instagram, they got into Gmail”
The Pizza Problem COMPROMISES Twitter
During the first attack, the attacker accessed Miles’s Twitter account.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Miles EP 97 Details
“They got into Twitter”
The Pizza Problem COMPROMISES Instagram
During the first attack, the attacker accessed Miles’s Instagram account.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Miles EP 97 Details
“they got into Instagram”
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES AT&T
AT&T was the mobile provider that confirmed Miles’s SIM information had been changed during the first attack.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Miles EP 97 Details
“you called earlier and you changed your SIM information”
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES T-Mobile
T-Mobile was involved in the later SIM-hack attempt and worked with Miles to lock down his account.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Miles EP 97 Details
“I was on the phone with T-Mobile immediately”
“worked with T-Mobile to lock it down”
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES OG accounts
The harassment campaign targeted what the episode describes as an OG Instagram account: a short, desirable handle.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 97 Details
“this brings us to the world of OG accounts”
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES OGUsers
OGUsers was described as a marketplace where desirable account handles were offered for sale, providing a possible profit motive for the harassment.
Uncertain Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 97 Details
“one of these marketplaces is called ogusers.com”
“whoever was harassing him was probably doing it to make money off his account”
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES Swatting
Miles feared that the harassment could escalate to swatting.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Miles EP 97 Details
“this sort of thing can lead to swatting and fire-trucking”
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES Fire-trucking
Miles feared that the harassment could escalate to fire-trucking.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Miles EP 97 Details
“this sort of thing can lead to swatting and fire-trucking”