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SIM Swap Scams: How Attackers Hijack Your Phone and How to Protect Yourself
- by Anthony Orjally
- Advent IM Blog
A SIM swap attack, also known as SIM swapping, SIM hijacking, or a port-out scam, is a type of identity theft where a fraudster convinces a mobile carrier to transfer a victim’s phone number to a new SIM card controlled by the attacker. By doing this, the attacker can take over the victim’s mobile number […]
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