On Tuesday, AT&T revealed Wireless Account Lock, a new protection designed to curb the SIM-swap scams. When activated, the lock prevents changes from being made to a SIM until it's turned off again.

AT&T Finally Offers Protection Against SIM Swap Attacks Article Comments Jul 1, 2025, 3:33 PM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social updated Jul 1, 2025, 3:34 PM Updated: Added more detail AT&T now ...

AT&T now joins the other two major US mobile carriers in trying to help customers combat SIM swapping attacks. T-Mobile offers a SIM Protection feature for both postpaid and prepaid accounts.

Note that both T-Mobile and Verizon already offer security features—called SIM Protection—to prevent SIM swapping attacks to both prepaid and postpaid customers.

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AT&T has introduced a new feature to protect consumer and business accounts from SIM-swapping attacks.