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SIM swappers hijacking phone numbers in eSIM attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/9868784

SIM swappers have adapted their attacks to steal a target's phone number by porting it into a new eSIM card, a digital SIM stored in a rewritable chip present on many recent smartphone models.

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[-] Chozo@fedia.io 13 points 7 months ago

That makes more sense. In which case, yeah this is just basic account security 101 stuff. Certain accounts in life you need to treat with extra security, and until we can wean society off of insecure SMS authentication services, your phone account is one of those that needs extra care put into it.

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