ARE TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE PHONE ACCOUNTS. ONE DAY, THE PHONE WORKED. WE’VE HAD THAT PHONE NUMBER OVER 40 YEARS, AND THE NEXT DAY IT WAS GONE. I WENT TO USE THE TELEPHONE AND THE TELEPHONE WAS DEAD.

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If you’ve ever bought a new cell phone and wanted to keep your same number, there’s a setting providers use that could leave yourself open to getting hacked. It’s called porting. When a hacker can ...

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A new type of identity theft is allowing hackers to take over cellphones without the owners even realizing it's happening. Phone porting is a legal service, but thieves are using it to hijack ...

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