Criminals don't need a physical SIM card to make the swap. In most cases, they call the mobile carrier and impersonate a victim. Here's how to protect yourself.

The consumer’s phone number is then transferred to the fraudster’s SIM card and in many cases they even request a new SIM number.

Individuals are at risk from new SIM card vulnerabilities, but businesses have it even worse.

The hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, earlier this month was the result of a “SIM swap” attack, an agency ...