Hackers can steal your phone number by SIM swap and you can't stop them - Upgoat

Hackers can steal your phone number by SIM swap and you can't stop them
submitted by Conspirologist to technology 1.6 yearsOct 12, 2023 15:42:50 ago (+9/-2) (www.wired.com)
https://www.wired.com/story/sim-swap-attack-defend-phone/

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[ - ] Spaceman84 4 points 1.6 yearsOct 12, 2023 16:01:09 ago (+4/-0)

So hackers will get blamed for my antisemitic wrongthink. Good luck nigger faggots.

[ + ] mxcviel

[ - ] mxcviel 1 point 1.6 yearsOct 12, 2023 16:25:51 ago (+1/-0)

lol

[ - ] Kozel 0 points 1.6 yearsOct 12, 2023 19:30:13 ago (+0/-0)

You can work around it by using a SIP and having 2fa on the sip account.

Which is what I do.

But for my security some organizations don't allow the use of such numbers.

Sign into an existing account

Hackers can steal your phone number by SIM swap and you can't stop them submitted by Conspirologist to technology 1.6 yearsOct 12, 2023 15:42:50 ago (+9/-2) (www.wired.com)https://www.wired.com/story/sim-swap-attack-defend-phone/

Hackers can steal your phone number by SIM swap and you can't stop them
submitted by Conspirologist to technology 1.6 yearsOct 12, 2023 15:42:50 ago (+9/-2) (www.wired.com)
https://www.wired.com/story/sim-swap-attack-defend-phone/