One man lost his life savings in a SIM hack. Here's how you can try to protect yourself [telecom]

Rob Ross lost his life savings when a hacker tricked his cell phone provider into an illegal SIM swap. Here's how you can protect yourself.

By Donie O'Sullivan

Robert Ross was sitting in his San Francisco home office in October

2018 when he noticed the bars on his phone had disappeared and he had no cell coverage. A few hours later, he had lost $1 million.