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 most common ways it happens to high-net-worth individuals. 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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