C'est la fraude qui peut vous faire perdre des décennies de données #SIMswap

Le piratages de cartes SIM pour s’approprier le numéro mobile d’une victime est une fraude qui a le vent en poupe. Pour en comprendre concrètement ses conséquences, voici les récits de deux mauvaises expériences 🙁

SIM swap horror story: I’ve lost decades of data and Google won’t lift a finger
First they hijacked my T-Mobile service, then they stole my Google and Twitter accounts and charged my bank with a $25,000 Bitcoin purchase. I’m stuck in my own personal Black Mirror episode. Why will no one help me?

Here’s how I survived a SIM swap attack after T-Mobile failed me – twice
After a crazy week where T-Mobile handed over my phone number to a hacker twice, I now have my T-Mobile, Google, and Twitter accounts back under my control. However, the weak link in this situation remains and I’m wary of what could happen in the future.

Pour réduire ce risque, voici quelques conseils de base

How to Prevent and Respond to a SIM Swap Scam
When ZDNet’s Matthew Miller got hit with a SIM swap attack, he described it as a « horror story » that caused him to lose « decades of data. » And he’s not being hyperbolic; more than a week later, he’s still dealing with the aftereffects, and there’s no guarantee from some of the major tech players-including Twitter and G…

How to Protect Yourself Against a SIM Swap Attack
Your phone number is increasingly tied to your online identity. You need to do everything possible to protect it.

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SIM swap scam – Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A SIM swap scam (also known as port-out scam, SIM splitting, Smishing and simjacking, SIM swapping) is a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication and two-step verification in which the second factor or step is a text message (SMS) or call placed to a mobile telephone.

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