The cyberattack that has targeted Marks & Spencer's (M&S) is the latest in a growing wave of cases involving something called sim-swap fraud. While the full technical details remain under ...

Chiara is an award-winning investigative reporter who specialises in banking and fraud, joining Which? in 2015 following six years as a personal finance journalist at a national newspaper. Reports of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you are the victim of a cyberattack or data breach, your mobile phone could be hijacked to commit fraud (Kev Costello / ...

If you haven’t experienced SIM swap fraud, count yourself lucky. It’s a relatively new, sophisticated form of fraud that allows hackers to gain access to bank accounts, credit card numbers, and other ...

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Telus flanker brand Public Mobile posted a detailed explanation of a fraud tactic known as SIM swapping, SIM hijacking or SIM jacking. Along with explaining what the fraud is and how to spot it, ...

Experts have raised the alarm about SIM swapping fraud after the number of recorded scams surged tenfold in a year. There was a 1,055 per cent increase in unauthorised phone SIM swaps in the UK in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sim swapping is on the rise (Getty/iStock) Experts have raised the alarm about SIM swapping fraud after the number of recorded ...