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SIM-swapping
A criminal hijacks your phone number to catch your codes.
Understand it
The attacker persuades your mobile network to move your number to their SIM. Your phone goes dead; theirs now receives your calls and text codes, and they reset your accounts.
How to spot it
Your phone losing all signal for no reason, followed by password-reset emails you did not request.
Close the gap
- Set a port or PAC PIN with your mobile network.
- Use an app or a key for codes, not text messages, where you can.
- Keep the login for your mobile account strong and separate.
- If your signal dies oddly, contact the network at once from another phone.
What to do about it
This is part of your plan - Turn on two-step sign-in where it matters. Work through it there and you’ll close this off along with everything else it covers.