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SIM cloning from anonymous calls

SIM cloning

Many mobile phone owners claim to have received calls from the unknown number +96723345 and have not answered them for fear that SIM , as announced on a Facebook page. It is currently not technologically possible to clone or copy a SIM by answering a phone call, in response to the Facebook that is spreading rapidly.

SIM cloning with special equipment

To do this, you need the IMSI and KI numbers, which cannot be seen during the call or sent anywhere. These numbers are inside the SIM card circuit and you need a special machine and software to find them. You also need a special SIM cloning machine to make an identical SIM.

The IMSI number is unique and is used to identify the user of a network, while the KI number is the unique authentication number of the owner of the phone number. It has 1258 bit and is directly linked to the IMSI and the SIM card.

As for the phone call that several device owners are receiving from the number +96723345, it is believed that this is an automated system that checks whether the numbers it calls are working. Those that it finds are active, it can sell them to advertising services. However, what is certain is that the security card SIM is not at risk from this since it cannot be cloned by a simple call.

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