Spoofing a phone's identity costs just a few dollars on the black market

Researchers demonstrated that it costs just a few dollars to disable a mobile phone by spoofing its identifier.

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They copied the identification number of a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and reported the device as lost.

Once activated, the phone could not connect to the network.

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