I can imagine you saying the same thing about the case in OPs article.
The attack was targeted. The attacker knew your name, phone number and email address. The attacker went through some real effort to hack you (SEing reps, buying SIMs, burner iPhone, taking some risk).
How much further do you think they were willing to go? Not enough for a $200 plane ticket?
You have a problem the moment someone capable has targeted you. For the attacker, is just a matter of choosing the easiest attack vector. Today it was Verizon reps. Tomorrow it may get a bit more difficult.
I can imagine you saying the same thing about the case in OPs article.
The attack was targeted. The attacker knew your name, phone number and email address. The attacker went through some real effort to hack you (SEing reps, buying SIMs, burner iPhone, taking some risk).
How much further do you think they were willing to go? Not enough for a $200 plane ticket?
You have a problem the moment someone capable has targeted you. For the attacker, is just a matter of choosing the easiest attack vector. Today it was Verizon reps. Tomorrow it may get a bit more difficult.