Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts

Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ... by konschubert on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:18AM (#19052740)

Are there any SIM card providers in the US or Europe that provide strong identification on Phone number porting? Such as requiring a password or physical identification?

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Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ... by PappaPatat on Friday February 01, 2019 @11:33AM (#19055559)

Many do, until an employee decides the number needs to be ported anyway. There is always an "override" feature / method to overcome these measures.

Telecoms are thin margin business and every human check or technical security measure will be rejected until customers start leaving, mentioning a particular issue. Problems with porting, S7 weaknesses, number spoofing and other anoyances is that you will be hard pressed to find an alternative operator that actually protects for these risks simply because they cost money and in the end only few customers are willing to pay the 10% a month extra.

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Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ... by Abfrage on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:41AM (#19052837)

In germany i had to verify my id at a post office. Deutsche Post has a infrastructure for verifying ids that buissnesses can use.

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Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ... by bonzini on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:20AM (#19052750)

In Italy you can block porting altogether. Unblocking requires visiting a store in presence and showing id.

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