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Cellular networks are under attack from Chinese hackers and commercial surveillance vendors. Although the vulnerable SS7 protocol was replaced by a more secure Diameter protocol in 4g and 5G, operators have failed to implement it or failed to implement it properly. As a result, our cellular systems are vulnerable to attack from some less than advanced attackers. This includes DoS, eavesdropping, and location services.

🚨 A new scam is taking place in America that allows scammers to get your phone number to get past 2-Factor Authentication Scammers can then get access to your social media accounts, bank accounts and more AT&T Employee “I work at AT&T and over the last couple days, I've witnessed multiple malicious port-outs, which means that a scammer has tricked your cell phone carrier into allowing them to port your number over into a device that they control, which in turn lets them do the two-factor authentication Allowing them into your bank account, your email, your social media. A way to prevent this from happening, and this isn't just for AT&T, this is for any cell phone carrier that you have. Most of them have a port-out protection that you should turn on because this has been happening quite a bit lately. So just letting you know” Again this could happen on any cell phone carrier you have. I researched and found port-out protection is a free feature offered by major U.S. carriers, including T-Mobile, Metro, and others Make sure you do this