A breach notification letter sent by Washington National Insurance to 20,360 affected individuals explains that a SIM-swapping attack on a "senior officer's phone number" allowed the hackers to bypass multi-factor authentication.
What I find particularly alarming is that SIM swap attacks aren't new. Criminals use this method to break into systems without authorisation, whether to plant ransomware, exfiltrate data, or pilfer cryptocurrency.
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