On Tuesday, AT&T revealed Wireless Account Lock, a new protection designed to curb the SIM-swap scams. When activated, the ...

AT&T has a nifty new way of ensuring that its customers don't get SIM swapped.

Available starting today, Wireless Account Lock is an option for AT&T subscribers with postpaid or prepaid wireless accounts.

AT&T is launching a new Account Lock feature that’s designed to protect wireless users against SIM swapping attacks. The ...

A Canadian woman has sued a phone company over the theft of her Bitcoin worth $531,000 in 2021, in a SIM swap scam. The ...

In 2021, T-Mobile warned some customers that attackers conducted SIM swap attacks to compromise other accounts they owned. In 2023, hackers exploited a data breach at Google Fi to carry out SIM swaps.

AT&T announced the feature in a news post that details how Wireless Account Lock can help to protect your phone. According to ...

AT&T has introduced a new feature to protect consumer and business accounts from SIM-swapping attacks. Wireless Account Lock will be able to disable several key account changes, a key part of ...

That's where AT&T's new Wireless Account Lock feature comes into play. It's a simple toggle built into the carrier's app that ...

Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. AT&T is launching a new Account Lock feature that’s designed to protect wireless users against SIM swapping attacks.

A Squamish pharmacy manager alleges she lost more than $534,000 in bitcoin in 2021 — worth roughly $1.8 million now — after ...

The only way to do any of those things after Wireless Account Lock has been turned on is to physically access the phone in which the app is installed and toggle it off. The idea here is to prevent ...