Text routing firm Aerialink says that all major US cell carriers have closed an SMS loophole that allowed hackers to easily reroute a target's text messages (Joseph Cox/VICE)

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Text routing firm Aerialink says that all major US cell carriers have closed an SMS loophole that allowed hackers to easily reroute a target's text messages  —  All the mobile carries have mitigated a major SMS security loophole that allowed a hacker to hijack text messages for just $16.  —  Joseph Cox

March 26, 2021 at 05:10AM