SIM swap fraud has emerged as a critical security threat in the mobile telecommunications landscape, with incidents increasing dramatically through 2024 and early 2025. Data from Cifas’ Fraudscape ...

With AT&T’s Wireless Account Lock, users can essentially lock down their accounts and prevent changes unless they disable it.

AT&T rolls out "Wireless Lock" feature to block SIM swap attacks AT&T has launched a new security feature called "Wireless Lock" that protects customers from SIM swapping attacks by preventing ...

A Palm Beach County woman has been arrested and accused of orchestrating a fraud scheme and exploiting more than 50 victims across the country.

According to CIFAS, the UK’s national fraud prevention service, Sim-swap incidents have surged from under 300 in 2022 to almost 3,000 in 2023.

What is it? SIM swapping is when fraudsters take control of a consumer’s phone account and request a SIM swap through identity theft or stolen data.

Experts have raised the alarm about SIM swapping fraud after the number of recorded scams surged tenfold in a year. There was a 1,055 per cent increase in unauthorised phone SIM swaps in the UK in ...

SIM swapping is a form of cybercrime where fraudsters gain control of a victim’s mobile phone number by fraudulently obtaining a duplicate SIM card.

SIM swapping attacks have been a threat for years, but gained mainstream attention in 2019 when hackers took over the cellular account of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Because we use our cell phone number ...

AT&T faces renewed lawsuit linked to a SIM swap hack that led to over $24M in crypto losses. Federal appeals court revived Michael Terpin's claim.