Smart issued an advisory against SIM take-over or SIM-hijacking due to the reported SIM swapping incident within the telco industry. The telco advises its customers to be vigilant from being a victim of SIM take-overs and cybercriminals. A SIM take-over is when somebody tries to transfer your SIM's mobile number to another SIM via social engineering techniques. Smart mentioned that it is like a virtual version of budol-budol and is also known as "SIM-jacking" or "SIM-hijacking." Smart also noted that if you are compromised, all text messages (SMS) and calls that are supposed to be received by your number will be received by the cyber-criminal. Moreover, the new SIM can only be activated on the same device last used with the old SIM, thus, preventing unauthorized activation on other devices. Read more in our articles including "Smart issues advisory against SIM take-overs" and "Starlink hikes Residential plans to Php4,099; Roaming to Php5,999".
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Apr 27, 2026Smart issued an advisory against SIM take-over or SIM-hijacking due to the reported SIM swapping incident within the telco industry. The telco advises its customers to be vigilant from being a victim of SIM take-overs and cybercriminals.
A SIM take-over is when somebody tries to transfer your SIM's mobile number to another SIM via social engineering techniques. Smart mentioned that it is like a virtual version of budol-budol and is also known as "SIM-jacking" or "SIM-hijacking." Smart also noted that if you are compromised, all text messages (SMS) and calls that are supposed to be received by your number will be received by the cyber-criminal. Moreover, the new SIM can only be activated on the same device last used with the old SIM, thus, preventing unauthorized activation on other devices.
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