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A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16: A gaping flaw in SMS lets hackers take over phone numbers in minutes by simply paying a company to reroute text messages.

March 17, 2021 7:13 am

I didn’t expect it to be that quick. While I was on a Google Hangouts call with a colleague, the hacker sent me screenshots of my Bumble and Postmates accounts, which he had broken into. Then he showed he had …

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