T-Mobile will add another layer of safety to its port-out process with the option of a PIN, as per the organization. As indicated by The T-Mo Report, which got an inside archive, the new number exchange methodology would expect clients to acquire a six-digit PIN from T-Mobile’s application or site and give it while endeavoring to change their number to an alternate supplier, which could make it harder for agitators to take telephone numbers in “SIM trading” assaults.

In a statement to The G DiLine Network, T-Mobile Media Relations confirmed the company is “putting Number Transfer PINs in place to add an additional layer of security to protect customers from unauthorized port outs. These PINs will be put in place soon.”

According to The T-Mo Report, the process will only be available to postpaid customers to start, not including people signed up through the Lifeline program.

It’s great to hear that T-Mobile might be adding this element, as it could assist with forestalling SIM-trading assaults, where a con artist persuades a broadcast communications supplier to move a telephone number into their control. As Android Police notes, Verizon and AT&T have proactively carried out number exchange PINs. While it probably won’t forestall all SIM-trading assaults (in principle, an assailant with a T-Mobile record and gadget wouldn’t need to go through the port-out process since the number would remain in a similar organization), the PIN necessity can go about as a different line of safeguard notwithstanding T-Mobile’s current record takeover security instruments.

SIM swap, or porting-out, attacks have seemingly become popular with cybercriminals in recent years and have been implicated in high-profile cases like when then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was hacked. They’re attractive for a few reasons: they provide a wealth of information (many two-factor codes are still sent through SMS), and it can be difficult for a victim to realize they’ve been attacked and recover from it. The Federal Communications Commission recommends immediately contacting your cell carrier if you suspect someone has swapped your SIM, but that can be difficult to do given that your phone will no longer be functional.

T-Mobile’s reputation for security has taken a few hits recently, as the company has been affected by a string of data breaches and cybersecurity incidents. While some have been relatively minor, one in August 2021 affected over 50 million people.