Sim-swap fraud rises by 1,000%

[Enlli]

Thoughts on this one? Personally I hate 2FA, OTP etc

https://www.itv.com/news/20**Personal info**/sim-swap-fraud-rises-by-1000-as-criminals-exploit-two-f...

[pgn]

ITV URLs always get mangled by the naughty word and personal info filter @Enlli 😵

[Oxonian]

I could not get that link to work @Enlli. This seems better :-

Sim-swap fraud rises by 1,000% as criminals seek to exploit growth of two-factor authentication | IT...

https://www.itv.com/news/20**Personal info**/sim-swap-fraud-rises-by-1000-as-criminals-exploit-two-f...

i agree with you completely that Authenticator apps are far more secure. 👍

[pgn]

@Oxonian - see 

https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/Sim-swap-fraud-rises-by-1-000/m-p/1794045/highlig...

🙃

[Enlli]

https://tinyurl.com/vm89kh6a

@pgn 

@Oxonian 

[pgn]

URL shorteners are a godsend 👌

Thanks, @Enlli.

[Cleoriff]

What concerns me, is you can do everything on that list to prevent it happening to you but they will still get you with the next 'bigger and better' scam. Nothing seems secure really. After the recent scam attempt on my grandsons account, I seem to spend my life checking and double checking every damn thing. I attempt to close down loopholes but let's face it, we have no idea what the next loophole will be. 😖

[Oxonian]

Talking of scams :-

What should M&S customers do after criminals stole personal data in huge attack? | Science, Climate ...

https://news.sky.com/story/what-should-mands-customers-do-after-criminals-stole-personal-data-in-hug...