SIM swappers have adapted their attacks to steal a target’s phone number by porting it into a new eSIM card, a digital SIM stored in a rewritable chip present on many recent smartphone models.

  • edric@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    SMS 2FA needs to die. It’s infuriating that a lot of banks still rely on sms.

    • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      I can’t use my shitty banks shitty app because I refuse to use Googles shitty android skin. So I have to use shitty SMS because they don’t support any other authentication

      • rmuk
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        8 months ago

        Man, that’s shitty.