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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 (3 children)

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

[–] kid 4 points 8 months ago

Hear, hear!

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