[kreb]FCC Proposal Targets SIM Swapping, Port-Out Fraud

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FCC Proposal Targets SIM Swapping, Port-Out Fraud

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for feedback on new proposed rules to crack down on SIM swapping and number port-out fraud, increasingly prevalent scams in which identity thieves hijack a target's mobile phone number and use that to wrest control over the victim's online identity.
Source: FCC Proposal Targets SIM Swapping, Port-Out Fraud