At 11:30 pm on Monday, 10 June, my oldest daughter shook my shoulder to wake me up from a deep sleep. She said that it appeared my Twitter account had been hacked. It turns out that things were much ...

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You’re sipping your morning coffee when your phone suddenly loses signal. No calls, no messages, nothing. You restart it, but the problem persists. Minutes later, a banking alert appears on your email ...

Stop SIM Swappers Cold: Protect Your Phone Number With These 7 Tips With a SIM-swapping attack, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to apps on your phone—including banking apps. These ...

As the last few years have shown, it’s more important than ever to protect our data. If the big tech giants and data aggregation firms aren’t making us vulnerable by lax data protection policies, ...

SIM-swapping attacks present a potential risk to all mobile phone users. With this type of fraud, a hacker is able to take control of your phone number, allowing them to intercept phone calls and text ...

American telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after an unknown number of customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. SIM swap fraud (or SIM hijacking) allows ...

Verizon now makes it possible for customers to defend against SIM swapping attacks by enabling the free Number Lock protection feature through the My Verizon app or the My Verizon website. SIM ...

One Monday morning in May, I woke up and grabbed my cell phone to read the news and scroll through memes. But it was out of cell service. I couldn't make calls or texts. That, though, turned out to be ...

Even if you're not a T-Mobile customer, SIM-swap fraud is real. Here are some ways you can avoid it. Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering mobile technology news and ...

If you've ever called your carrier's customer service to activate a prepaid SIM card or troubleshoot a malfunctioning Android SIM card or iPhone SIM, then you've likely needed your ICCID number. The ...