How hackers are hijacking mobile phone numbers to grab wallets
'These guys will sit and call 600 times before they get through and get an agent on the line that's an idiot'
Hackers have discovered that one of the most central elements of online security — the mobile phone number — is also one of the easiest to steal.
In a growing number of online attacks, hackers have been calling up Verizon, T-Mobile U.S., Sprint and AT&T and asking them to transfer control of a victim’s phone number to a device under the control of the hackers. -- More...
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