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The-14<p>M&amp;S cyber-attack: how to protect yourself from sim-swap&nbsp;fraud<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SIMSwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIMSwap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/2FA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2FA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SIMCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIMCards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MSCyberAttack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSCyberAttack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IdentityTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IdentityTheft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Authentication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authentication</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FraudPrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudPrevention</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TechSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CyberAttack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberAttack</span></a><br><a href="https://the-14.com/ms-cyber-attack-how-to-protect-yourself-from-sim-swap-fraud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">the-14.com/ms-cyber-attack-how</span><span class="invisible">-to-protect-yourself-from-sim-swap-fraud/</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>The 🇵🇱 Polish government has suggested new EU rules to ban the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anonymous</span></a> purchase of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/prepaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>prepaid</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SIMcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SIMcards</span></a>.</p><p>“The main threat associated with prepaid SIM cards is <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anonymity</span></a>,” says a document obtained by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@statewatch" class="u-url mention">@<span>statewatch</span></a></span> and one cannot make one&#39;s disdain for <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>humanrights</span></a> any clearer.</p><p>Extensive research has found no evidence that bans on anonymous purchases of SIM cards contribute to reducing <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crime</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.statewatch.org/news/2025/march/eu-officials-discuss-banning-anonymous-use-of-mobile-phones/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statewatch.org/news/2025/march</span><span class="invisible">/eu-officials-discuss-banning-anonymous-use-of-mobile-phones/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>digitalrights</span></a></p>