Stop SIM Swappers Cold: Protect Your Phone Number With These 7 Tips

With a SIM-swapping attack, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to apps on your phone—including banking apps.
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The Hack: the true story behind the phone hacking ITV drama starring David Tennant

It’s official: the new ITV drama The Hack has finally had its air date confirmed. Boasting an all-star cast – David Tennant, Toby Jones, Robert Carlyle among others – the show is set to tell the story ...
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Teen's Fake Phone Hack Has Gone Viral: 'The School Ain’t Takin’ My Phone This Semester'

The TikTok "how-to" video has amassed over 16 million views as of Thursday, Jan. 16 Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...
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What’s worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

WASHINGTON (AP) — One Monday morning in May, I woke up and grabbed my cell phone to read the news and scroll through memes. But it was out of cell service. I couldn’t make calls or texts. That, though ...
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The Three Kinds of Phone Hacks to Watch Out For

There are a few different scenarios that the term "hack" covers, so I'll go through them in turn, even if there is some overlap in what you need to be looking out for. Should you be unlucky enough to ...
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Binance co-CEO Yi He makes exception to compensate losses from WeChat hack

CEO, Yi He, has committed to compensating the losses of users affected by a scam involving her compromised WeChat account.
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What’s worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — One Monday morning in May, ...