SIM Swap Social Engineering of T-Mobile Staff Blamed for $691,000 NFT Heist
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin blamed the US mobile operator for enabling a scam that targeted his social media followers.
Brazil’s Unique Way of Tackling Spam Calls: Commsrisk Show 4
Gustavo Borges and Sami Benakouche of Brazilian regulator Anatel explained the country’s radical plan for reducing unwanted calls.
1,207 Chinese Scam Suspects Arrested and Deported from Myanmar
Hundreds of other alleged scammers of Chinese nationality were also arrested in separate operations in Myanmar and Laos.
i3forum to Begin Talks with National Regulators about Multilateral CLI Validation
The One Consortium has been endorsed by key industry players but discussions with regulators will start in advance of its foundation.
More than 5 Billion Robocalls for Americans in August
Regular readers of Commsrisk will be aware of the dispiriting trend in nuisance calls received in the USA, and the refusal of anyone responsible to admit the situation keeps getting worse.
41% Fall in Short Calls Received by Brazilians
A downward spiral can occur when telemarketers make an increasing number of calls to ordinary people who no longer want to pick up.
Signaling Firewalls, Network Resilience and Teenage SIM Swappers: Commsrisk Show 3
Are we building too much upon the insecure foundations of our networks? Failures can occur by both accident and design.
The Story of a $24mn SIM Swap
PR exec Michael Terpin unsuccessfully sued AT&T for USD224mn after SIM swappers raided his cryptocurrency wallets, but was able to use his business skills to track down the culprits.
Spanish Telcos Receive 5% of All Known GDPR Fines across Europe
Vodafone receives an especially large number of data protection fines from Spain’s Agencia Española de Protección de Datos.
Commsrisk Top Ten for August 2023
Older Commsrisk articles attracted unusual amounts of traffic during August. This resulted in the third-highest number of monthly visitors since the website’s inception.