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Mountaineer@lemmy.world to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 2 years ago

'Terrifying' phone porting scam stealing millions but cybersecurity experts say it's unavoidable

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'Terrifying' phone porting scam stealing millions but cybersecurity experts say it's unavoidable

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Mountaineer@lemmy.world to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 2 years ago
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Claire Harrison says she's still recovering from losing her identity and tens of thousands of dollars by mobile porting fraud, where scammers port your mobile number to another device.
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    Unless the “2FA” channel is what they use to verify password resets.

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      Sure, but that’s separate from 2FA and is pretty common even in places that don’t offer any 2FA.

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