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  • 19 May 2022 | How STC Evolved from Reporting Assurance to Finance Assurance
  • 18 May 2022 | Cities of Gold or the Final Meltdown? Nobody Can Predict the Future of Bitcoin
  • 17 May 2022 | Zimbabwean Government Keeps Crushing Mobile Money
  • 16 May 2022 | Why Massive Political Bias in Email Spam Algorithms Is Problematic for Free Speech More Generally
  • 13 May 2022 | Telecoms, Bribes and South Korea’s President
  • 12 May 2022 | EU Flirts with Ending Net Neutrality to Squeeze Money for European Telcos from US Big Tech
  • 11 May 2022 | New Callback Scam Is Based on Misleading Voicemails
  • 10 May 2022 | US Says No Need for Telcos to Pay $3.3mn Illegal Robocall Penalty If They Cannot Afford It
  • 9 May 2022 | Nigeria Issues RFQ for National Phone Tracking System to ‘Fight Cybercrime and Insecurity’
  • 6 May 2022 | Concerns Raised about Evidence Gathered by Police Infiltration of Encrypted Crime Networks
> 2022 April

Ericsson Faces More Corruption Investigations

By David Morrow 29 Apr 2022 General

Swedish prosecutors have announced they are investigating Ericsson’s activities in Iraq, including suspected payments to Islamic State.


Central African Republic Becomes Second Country to Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender

By Eric Priezkalns 28 Apr 2022 Digital Money

They follow the lead of El Salvador, but have different motives for wanting to reduce reliance on currencies controlled by the West.


LAPSUS$ Stole Source Code from T‑Mobile US

By Eric Priezkalns 27 Apr 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

Security researcher Brian Krebs reviewed leaked Telegram chats between two childish members of the LAPSUS$ hacker-extortion gang.


MTN Ghana Insiders Amongst Five Arrested for Attempting $280,000 SIM Swap Frauds

By Eric Priezkalns 26 Apr 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

The gang had already stolen GHC200,000 (USD27,000) before they were caught using mobile apps to make three more bank withdrawals.


US Regulator Proposes to Fine UK Telco $660,639 for Failing to Disclose Russian Ownership

By Eric Priezkalns 25 Apr 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

A trust set up by sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich owns almost a quarter of Truphone Ltd, the UK-headquartered parent of a US telco.


Philippines President Rejects SIM Card Registration Law on Privacy Grounds

By Eric Priezkalns 22 Apr 2022 Privacy & Intellectual Property

President Rodrigo Duterte blocked a law supposed to reduce SIM swap fraud because it might also have infringed constitutional rights.


Netflix Signals Global Crackdown on Account Sharing to Compensate for Stagnating Growth

By Eric Priezkalns 21 Apr 2022 Assurance & Audit

The video streaming business is dramatically reversing course as its share price undergoes a sharp correction.


Barbados National ID Will Be on Mobile Phones

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Apr 2022 Data & Analytics

Government minister Davidson Ishmael also spoke of a comprehensive plan for digital transformation that will see Barbados turn its capital into a smart city.


Expert Describes STIR/SHAKEN for Smaller Canadian Telcos as a ‘Kafkaesque Nightmare’

By Eric Priezkalns 19 Apr 2022 Education & Conferences

Matthew Gamble of the Internet Society Canada Chapter published the full text of his damning presentation at RAG New Orleans.


Time Is an Essential Luxury

By Eric Priezkalns 18 Apr 2022 Education & Conferences

There is value in taking time to explain the world to yourself as well as others.


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