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> Mitigating common SIM attacks: an eSIM-first approach allows us to prevent SIM-swapping or cloning attacks, and by locking SIMs to individual employee devices
by totetsu 4y ago
> Mitigating common SIM attacks: an eSIM-first approach allows us to prevent SIM-swapping or cloning attacks, and by locking SIMs to individual employee devices, bring the same protections to physical SIMs.
I thought a sim swap attack is carried out by asking the operator to reissue a sim card, and getting it done via a failure of identity verification or a collaborator working at the operator. What is to stop just requesting the re-issue of an eSIM to a new device in the same way?
- throwawayKiwi9 4y agoYes, only every successful SIM swapper I am aware of. It sure is hard protecting a glass house.