Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

simjacking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sim-jack-ing
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A social engineering technique in which a person poses as the owner of a mobile phone number and convinces the provider to transfer it to a new SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) owned by the fraudster.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Over the past year, we’ve seen reports of SIM-jacking, a particularly malicious attack hackers are using to assume control of victims’ digital and financial lives."
"Variously called sim splitting, simjacking, sim hijacking and port-out scamming, the fraud focuses on moving control of someone’s phone account from their sim card to one controlled by the criminal."

Etymology

Blend of SIM + hijacking.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

SIM-jacking (alternative)

Questions

What does simjacking mean?: A social engineering technique in which a person poses as the owner of a mobile phone number and convinces the provider to transfer it to a new SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) owned by the fraudster.
Where does simjacking come from?: Blend of SIM + hijacking.

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