Lawmakers Prod FCC to Act on SIM Swapping

guest · Jan 10, 2020

Lawmakers Prod FCC to Act on SIM Swapping
January 9, 2020
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/01/senators-prod-fcc-to-act-on-sim-swapping/

Crooks have stolen tens of millions of dollars and other valuable commodities from thousands of consumers via “SIM swapping,” a particularly invasive form of fraud that involves tricking a target’s mobile carrier into transferring someone’s wireless service to a device they control.
But the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the entity responsible for overseeing wireless industry practices, has so far remained largely silent on the matter.

Now, a cadre of lawmakers is demanding to know what, if anything, the agency might be doing to track and combat SIM swapping.
On Thursday, a half-dozen Democrats in the House and Senate sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, asking the agency to require the carriers to offer more protections for consumers against unauthorized SIM swaps.
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