Tech Digest

Recycled phone numbers leaving users exposed to hacking, Which? warns

Mobile phone users could be at risk of hacking, nuisance calls and messages or having their phone cut off due to little-known rules around recycling of old phone numbers, Which? warns. The consumer ...
CBS News

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says cell phone number hacked

PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Monday that her personal cell phone number has been hacked and blamed it on the release of her Social Security number amid hundreds of documents that ...
The Columbian

What’s worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

A person uses a cell phone on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Los Angeles. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center reports that SIM-swapping complaints have increased more than 400% from 2018 to 2021. New ...
The Indianapolis Star

AT&T hacked? Data breach of phone security exposes texts, calls of nearly all cell customers

AT&T is at the center of another data breach, according to a company press release. The release states that the record of all calls and texts was compromised for "nearly all of AT&T’s cellular ...