Data breaches leave Utahns vulnerable to theft by hijacked phone numbers

Cybersecurity experts are warning that recent breaches of telephone companies are making many people vulnerable to a growing fraud called SIM swapping.

[Pancakes]

This has been a severe problem here for years. Utah actually does need to do more to help people who are victims of this as well as identity theft. There are so many federal policies Utah does not follow, such as issuing new id numbers when your id is stolen, because it's left up to the state but these days with the level of identity theft and cyber crime - we should be following those laws and our privacy laws are also still way lacking compared to other states. All of it is a huge mess and we should be doing better because impersonation and identity theft is a huge nightmare and a real problem here.

[ronwade]

Cell companies could STOP this but won't!

[BobbyJames-fvtn]

I don't understand how just getting my phone number is going to allow them to get into my bank account I'm wondering this because I'm not one of the stupid people that put all of my information on my phone my bank account my credit cards all that stuff is in my wallet not on my phone only an idiot would put financial information on their cellular device