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Security Risks of Relying on a Single Smartphone

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Isracard used a single cell phone to communicate with credit card clients, and receive documents via WhatsApp. An employee stole the phone. He reformatted the phone and replaced the SIM card, which was oddly the best possible outcome, given the circumstances. Using the data to steal money would have been much worse.

Here’s a link to an archived version.

Tags: cell phones, SIM cards, smartphones, WhatsApp

Posted on September 8, 2021 at 6:02 AM10 Comments

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