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4 Oct, 4 tweets, 3 min read
In 2018, The Globe’s telecom industry reporter @alexposadzki was hacked via a cell phone scam known as SIM swapping. This allowed the hacker to assume her identity and correspond with her friends and family.

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The ordeal left @alexposadzki feeling unsettled and wondering just how common this type of fraud is in Canada.

The answers, she found out, weren’t readily available.

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She had to file an access to information request to get the first-ever glimpse into the prevalence of these types of attacks in Canada.

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Today on #TheDecibel: @alexposadzki explains how to try to prevent SIM swapping fraud from happening to you and why there needs to be more transparency around what measures are being taken to stop it.

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