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Court Orders Telia to Block The Pirate Bay

Telia will appeal an interim decision to block The Pirate Bay and other websites, saying "this is a matter of truly principal importance for us and for the Internet".

Big Expansion of MTS Big Data Team

The Russian telco intends to almost double the number of workers in its Big Data function.

China Telecom Misdirected US Net Traffic Through China

For 30 months internet traffic sent from Los Angeles to Washington DC was routed via autonomous systems in China.

RA Assistant in Electricity Supplier Caught Stealing Electricity

Notion Charakupa misused property belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC).

US Reg Challenges CEOs to Prevent Caller ID Spoofing

The FCC has given US telcos until November 19th to explain when they will implement SHAKEN/STIR digital certificates for voice calls.

BBC Tries To Create Panic Over SIM Swaps

The stores of some UK mobile networks will issue replacement SIMs without demanding photo ID. Just as importantly, some BBC journalism is fundamentally dishonest.

Expert Says 15% of IRSF Sent to B-Numbers Too Long or Too Short to Be Valid

National dial plans define how many digits belong in a valid number. Guy Howie says fraudsters and telcos ignore those rules.

Mobile Money Risk Special for Global TV Network

CGTN interviewed Commsrisk authors Joseph Nderitu and Rob Chapman about mobile money fraud and what telcos are doing to prevent and detect it.

Commsrisk Top Ten for October 2018

Did you miss a big story? These were the most popular Commsrisk articles during October.

Mobileum’s Acquisition of Evolved Intelligence Signals Shift in Security Spending

UK signaling security firm Evolved Intelligence has been purchased by US mobile analytics business Mobileum.

Do Telcos Have a Human Rights Problem?

Some research you have never heard of, but which somebody is paying for, illustrates why you should not believe everything you read.

Ghana’s Telecoms Tax Monitoring Platform Goes Live

Whilst the government boasts of securing the ability to audit telco revenues in 'real time', the reality is Ghana's taxpayers are paying for an expensive mechanism to tax themselves.

The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard


Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.

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