Just now read a story about how hackers can hacked your wallet even you used 2FA. Hackers can break google 2FA if there is question of million. But recently we can see a complain about mobile 2FA. Your mobile number can be hack by hacker. I wast thought mobile number can be hacked. Please read full details below how they hacked.
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cointelegraph I have collect small quote from
cointelegraph ,
SIM swapping is a process of leading a telecoms provider like, say, T-Mobile transferring the target’s phone number to a SIM card held by the attacker. Once they receive the phone number, hackers can use it to reset the victims’ passwords and break into their accounts, including accounts on cryptocurrency exchanges.
Occasionally, that allows thieves to bypass even two-factor authentication, as Motherboard writes. According to their investigation, SIM swapping “is relatively easy to pull off and has become widespread,” adding that “cryptocurrency accounts are common targets.”
The tactics employed by criminals to perform such hacks may vary. Sometimes, they trick customer representatives into believing they are the targets and make them hand over their data. However, as per Motherboard, fraudsters often use the so-called “plugs”: telecom company insiders who get paid to do illegal swaps. An anonymous SIM hijacker told the publication
