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.

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.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I was going to say, I’ve never needed to talk to my phone provider with a new eSIM, i just need to login to the app and confirm. That makes it the obvious route for sim stealers

    Remember this, next time some says “I don’t need a good password. What are they going to do, pay my phone bill?”