Thursday, March 28

T-Mobile Adds a New Layer of Security to the Portability Process | Digital Trends Spanish

T-Mobile announced that it will add a new layer of security to its portability process with the addition of a PIN. In this way, the new number transfer procedure will require users to obtain a six-digit PIN from the company’s application or site and provide it when they try to change their number to a different provider.

According to the company, the idea of ​​this new procedure is to prevent attackers from stealing phone numbers in SIM swapping attacks.

T-Mobile Media confirmed that it is “putting PIN number transfers to add an extra layer of security to protect customers from unauthorized transfers.” The company also pointed out that this new security procedure should begin to be implemented very soon and in a first stage it will only be available to postpaid customers, not including people enrolled through the Lifetime program.

SIM swap attacks have become a dangerous trend lately among cybercriminals and have been involved in some big cases, like when former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked. These types of threats allow hackers to access a large amount of information from victims, who are often unaware that their device has been compromised.

While it may not prevent all attacks during SIM swapping, the PIN requirement could be an important line of defense in addition to the other security tools T-Mobile has to deal with hacking. possession of accounts.

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