Store manager admits SIM swapping his customers

A 42-year-old manager at an unnamed telecommunications company has admitted SIM swapping customers at his store.

SIM swapping, also known as SIM jacking, is the act of illegally taking over a target’s cell phone number and re-routing it to a phone under the attacker’s control.

Once an attacker has successfully hijacked their victim’s mobile number, they can use it to send and receive calls and messages (and the victim can’t). For that reason, SIM swapping can be used to get …

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