The Grio

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 ...
Tech Digest

Recycled phone numbers leaving users exposed to hacking, Which? warns

Mobile phone users could be at risk of hacking, nuisance calls and messages or having their phone cut off due to little-known rules around recycling of old phone numbers, Which? warns. The consumer ...
MacRumors

Authy Users Urged to Stay Alert After 33 Million Phone Numbers Exposed

Twilio has updated its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service after a hacker claimed to have retrieved 33 million phone numbers from its user database. TechCrunch reports that the hacker(s) ...
bleedingcool

The Hack: ITV Previews Tennant, Carlyle in Phone Hacking Drama Series

Article Summary ITV unveils The Hack, a gripping drama about the infamous News of the World phone hacking scandal David Tennant stars as reporter Nick Davies, with Robert Carlyle as Met Police’s Dave ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

What's worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

Port-out hijacking goes a step beyond hacking into a store, bank or credit card account. In this case, the thieves take over your phone number. Any calls or texts go to them, not to you. When your own ...
WGNO

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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, ...
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What's worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

What’s worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too. Associated Press writer Fatima Hussein recently fell victim to a type of fraud known ...