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Hackers Are Breaking Directly Into Telecom Companies to Take Over Customer Phone Numbers
SIM swappers have escalated from bribing employees to using remote desktop software to get direct access to internal T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint tools.
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^ I recommend people contact their mobile provider and add a passcode to their account. I did this a few years back. Any account changes require that passcode to be provided verbally to a customer service rep, which should shut down most SIM-swap attacks.
What's being described above though, that might still go through.