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FCC’s Got New Rules for SIM-Swap and Port-Out Fraud
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Too many times: Federal Communications Commission shuts stable door after horse bolted. But chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (pictured) was hoping it would save us ...
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U.S. Mobile Giants Want to be Your Online Identity
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The four major U.S. wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords and instead authenticate visitors by leveraging data elements unique to each customer's phone ...
Florida Man Arrested in SIM Swap Conspiracy
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Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that siphoned hundreds of thousands of ...
Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication
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Reddit.com today disclosed that a data breach exposed some internal data, as well as email addresses and passwords for some Reddit users. As Web site breaches go, this one doesn't seem too ...
T-Mobile Employee Made Unauthorized ‘SIM Swap’ to Steal Instagram Account
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T-Mobile is investigating a retail store employee who allegedly made unauthorized changes to a subscriber's account in an elaborate scheme to steal the customer's three-letter Instagram username. The modifications, which could have ...