The Most Expensive Lesson of My Life: Details of SIM Port Hack

Re:The Most Expensive Lesson of My Life: Details of SIM Port... by dontbenebby on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @11:17PM (#19977408)

Many carriers let you set an "account password" or "account pin" - changes can't be made to the account without it (even with personal info like SSN, bday, etc)

Financial institutions offer it to sometimes - my credit union requires the account password, or a visit to a branch to show ID - no amount of personal info will allow you access.

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Re:The Most Expensive Lesson of My Life: Details of SIM Port... by jjeaff on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @02:03AM (#19978221)

Any carrier will allow you to change your password or pin using other information .

Otherwise, what would happen in the frequent case where users forget their pin?

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Re:The Most Expensive Lesson of My Life: Details of SIM Port... by dontbenebby on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:57AM (#19981882)

> Any carrier will allow you to change your password or pin using other information .

If by "other information" you mean "come into a store and show a government issued photo ID" you are correct. That's a fairly high bar to clear.

That's the way my carrier does it, and I assume if they violate their own procedures I could evaluate my legal options... though as a practical matter I use a VOIP # which requires a 2FA protected login to port out for vendors that force me to use SMS 2FA.

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Re:The Most Expensive Lesson of My Life: Details of SIM Port... by jjeaff on Sunday May 26, 2019 @10:17PM (#20018936)

Which carrier is that?

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