Phone number theft through SIM-jacking is on the rise in the UK

There have more than 300 cases since April 2019 of attackers trying to gain control of UK mobile phone numbers by obtaining porting authorisation codes (PACs)

Source:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2228252-phone-number-theft-through-sim-jacking-is-on-the-rise-in-the-uk/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home