And they would have had to do ~6000 SIM swaps? that seems like too many for a short period of time. Maybe?
However, around the time of the breach date (March - May 2021), there were a number of "B2B" services that offered a "type in any SMS number and you will get all text messages to that number," type feature intended for customer support teams to use for shared SMS access. Those systems often had privileged access to telcos and were regularly exploited by attackers to break 2FA without even a SIM swap [1]. With those tools, stealing all SMS to a number required only intent, not conversations with telco support personnel.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28720280
[1]: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/can-we-stop-pretending-s...