Although the iPhone security It is increasing, there are still risks that compromise our accounts, and not only of social networks, but also banking, since, despite having a double verification, through SMS, cybercriminals take advantage of the safety gaps of the companies to clone your sim, and to be able to receive the message, getting through you.
Today we will see how to check if we have the Duplicate cardwhat to do in that case, and how we can prevent it from happening to us, although this, sometimes, escapes our hands, so we will always have to be attentive to it.
Have you cloned my iPhone sim?
Knowing this will depend on your company and the options you offer, since for another person to have our number and SIM, two cases can occur:
- Clone the SIM and have Multisim: That is, both cards, yours and the offender, work at the same time.
- Ask for a duplicate: In this case, when requesting a duplicate, for loss, for example, the company will deactivate the previous SIM once the new one works.
This leads us to two possible situations, since it will have nothing to do with each other, since the easiest way to detect that the SIM have doubled, is that we stay without coverage, both mobile and data, that is, that they have deactivated the card because another is configured.
In this case, if we notice that, in places where it should work, We have no signwe will have to call the company from another number and ask them the reason. If they tell us that someone has requested a duplicate, cancel it immediately, since they could be receiving the passwords of our accounts in it.
Another way of doing this is asking for a multisim, which will allow us to continue having a signal, however, the way of knowing the problem in this case is if We receive rare SMSthat is, a restoration of keys, or a link to generate one, as well as bank confirmation codes or accounts. If this happens, we sometimes believe they are simply scams, but no, it could be another person using our number to recover them.
How to avoid it and why
Avoiding it is difficult, and we can only try to minimize the risks by exposing our data as possible on the Internet, since the way in which cybercriminals They get duplicate the SIM is calling the company and simply pass by us.
An operator will ask his data, and if he gives the number, DNI, date of birth and other information That the customer service requested, this will be able to get a new SIM, since it will say that it is us and that it has simply lost the current one. They will send one to the address you request, and when you arrive you can activate it and begin the hacking process.
Therefore, with all this information, we have to be careful and be attentive to any signal that can indicate this problem.
