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.

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. […]

  • @rdyoung@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2•2 months ago

    Not news and they need help from someone inside the service provider. For anyone reading this who may be concerned that someone can “steal” your esim by just being near you, sending you an email, text, etc, stop worrying. This is old school social engineering. They bribe someone inside tmo, verizon, orange, 3, att, etc to help them swap sims with specific customers who they believe are likely to have bank accounts worth emptying, crypto wallets worth cashing out, etc.