SIM-swap attacks
The most targeted attack on HNWIs, and the most preventable.
For you
SIM-swaps, wire fraud, and family-office breaches require hardening that goes beyond defaults.
The specific risks
These are the three attack patterns that target high-net-worth individuals more than anyone else. Your plan starts with whichever one matters most for you.
The most targeted attack on HNWIs, and the most preventable.
Staff, assistants, and advisors are social-engineering surfaces.
Spoofed emails to redirect transfers cost victims millions per incident.
What your plan looks like
These are illustrative examples of tasks tailored to high-net-worth individuals. Your actual plan is built from your answers and reorders the list by what moves your score the most for you.
Set a SIM-PIN with your carrier and add a port-out lock on every phone line in the household.
5 min Β· personalised to your answers
Move two-step verification off SMS to a hardware key (YubiKey) for primary email, banking, and exchanges.
5 min Β· personalised to your answers
Set up a wire-transfer verification protocol: any change in payee details requires a callback to a known number.
5 min Β· personalised to your answers
Run a deep data-broker removal pass and re-run it quarterly; the brokers re-list you on their own schedule.
5 min Β· personalised to your answers
The number that matters
Sourced numbers, not vibes. We cite the report and the year, and we do not invent statistics.
SIM-swap complaints to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center reported $48 million in adjusted losses in 2023, with high-net-worth and crypto-holding individuals over-represented in case data.
FBI Internet Crime Report (IC3), 2023
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