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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.
Prosecutor Boasts of “Potential Fines in the Billions” But Actual Fine for Robocaller Is Just $5,000
Todd Rokita wants journalists to know about his robocall victories, but he might not want them reviewing his old press releases.
A2P Message Registries, International Call Validation and AI Language Models: Commsrisk Show 2
New tech makes it harder to trust what we read and hear, and methods that are supposed to increase trust are under fire too.
3-Year Prison Sentence for SIM Swapper Who Stole Cryptocurrency Worth $20mn
Anthony Faulk also forfeited a million-dollar home, JP Morgan accounts holding millions, luxury cars and fancy jewelry.
Top Lawyer Says Indian Takeover of US Anti-Spam SMS Registry Is Threat to National Security
Should Tata be denied control of The Campaign Registry, a US body that manages which A2P messages are allowed?
Two British Teenagers Found Guilty of Belonging to LAPSUS$ SIM Swapping Hacker Gang
Arion Kurtaj began his criminal career of blackmail and fraud when he was 16. He trained an apprentice who is still too young to name.
Telcos, Regulators and Nonprofits Commit to Global Online Meeting on Call Validation
The One Consortium wants to solve problems caused by CLI spoofing without creating new problems through inconsistent national rules.
Rapid Pace of Change Highlighted as The Commsrisk Show Begins a New Season
Risk managers should learn from mistakes. It is easier to learn from mistakes if we are allowed to laugh at them.
SMS Firm Enabled Scams by Giving Free Trials to Users
Well-known Australian brands were impersonated by fraudsters who exploited a gap in the controls at Burst SMS, a comms provider based in Sydney.
Now Commsrisk Has to Compete with AI Too
We must start acting like there is a real threat to human intelligence, because there is.
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