Verizon Makes SIM Swapping Hard. Why Doesn’t AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile?

Verizon Makes SIM Swapping Hard. Why Doesn’t AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile?

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kz438w/verizon-makes-sim-swapping-hard-why-doesnt-atandt-sprint-and-t-mobile

Last week, we revealed the existence of a little known feature that could make T-Mobile customers a bit more secure against the rising fraud known as SIM swapping.

The feature is called NOPORT, and it makes it a bit harder for criminals to steal the phone numbers of T-Mobile customers. This attack, also known as SIM hijacking or Port Out scam, allows criminals to take control of a victim’s phone number and then use that to reset their email password, banking account, and other important accounts that may be tied to that number.

Verizon Makes SIM Swapping Hard. Why Doesn’t AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile?

Sep 19, 2019, 3:31pm UTC
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kz438w/verizon-makes-sim-swapping-hard-why-doesnt-atandt-sprint-and-t-mobile > Last week, we revealed the existence of a little known feature that could make T-Mobile customers a bit more secure against the rising fraud known as SIM swapping. > The feature is called NOPORT, and it makes it a bit harder for criminals to steal the phone numbers of T-Mobile customers. This attack, also known as SIM hijacking or Port Out scam, allows criminals to take control of a victim’s phone number and then use that to reset their email password, banking account, and other important accounts that may be tied to that number.