![Identity Thieves Hijack Cellphone Accounts to Go After Virtual Currency](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/phone.jpg)
Media ID: 55382109
Caption:
Caption:
Hackers have discovered that one of the most central elements of online security — the mobile phone number — is also one of the easiest to steal. Credit Kevin Hagen for The New York Times
![Identity Thieves Hijack Cellphone Accounts to Go After Virtual Currency](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/phone.jpg)
Hackers have discovered that one of the most central elements of online security — the mobile phone number — is also one of the easiest to steal. Credit Kevin Hagen for The New York Times