A safety tip for all who use 2FA (How not to get hacked the SIM-way)

2 Factor Authentication has grown a lot over the past year, and the sense of security is at an all time high! Who can get to my bitcoins, altcoins, email etc now!? I have my phone right here, and I have a strong password. I'm safe! ( ... )

So the hack that people has been doing is fairly simple, If you have some experience prank-calling and keeping a straight face, you could great at social engineering. You simply call up the phone provider of the target, convince some stressed out girl/guy at the mobile-company that you need a new SIM-card for your phone (Fill in with a good story).

When someone has your SIM-card they can, for example, bypass 2FA with a SMS-login for example.

A Solution

Call up/Mail your mobile-company and ask that they make a comment/note to your account that they should never send out new sim-cards without demanding an ID/verifying the identity of the caller (you). This way any easy-fooled staff will see this info puling up your account if this where to happen, and get suspicious.

Remember, being part of the crypto-sphere can attract people who think you have a lot of crypto-cash for example, and will try to hack you. (or they see it here in the wallet) And not just to steal your coins/steem, but to maybe black-mail you into paying coins because the hacker found nudes of your wife or a draft to your boss quitting your job.

Stay safe and hold on to your SIM-cards fellow Steemians!

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