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

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/cybersecurity

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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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[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

SMS 2FA needs to die. It’s infuriating that a lot of banks still rely on sms.

[–] Vendetta9076 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I can't use my shitty banks shitty app because I refuse to use Googles shitty android skin. So I have to use shitty SMS because they don't support any other authentication

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Man, that's shitty.

[–] kid 4 points 8 months ago

Hear, hear!