Sixth Suspect Arrested for Massive Paris IMSI-Catcher SMS Scam
An old ambulance was one of the vehicles used by gang members to drive IMSI-catchers around the city.
Eric Priezkalns
Is China Deliberately Cutting Taiwan’s Internet Cables?
The 14,000 inhabitants of the Matsu Islands may need to wait two months for repairs to submarine cables that were severed in early February.
Watch Episode 1 of The Communications Risk Show
Corruption, hacking, lawsuits against regulators, two-factor authentication by SMS, the UN, GVG, 5G and Elon Musk were among the topics for the first episode of our new conversation program.
Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Claims Safaricom Should Be Regulated as a Bank
Critics say the Kenyan mobile money pioneer uses customer funds to cover overdrafts. These overdrafts also attract SIM swap fraudsters.
Telco Investigated for Illegal Robocalls Uses Defamation Law to Silence Critics
One suit seeks millions in damages from a ‘self-anointed robocalling vigilante’; the other wants restitution from a STIR/SHAKEN supplier.
AT&T Shrugs Off Data Breach Affecting 9mn Customers
Does the US telco see no difference between meeting legal obligations following a breach and really making privacy a ‘top priority’?
16 Reasons to Watch The Communications Risk Show
It is about the people, not just the tech.
T-Mobile and TELUS Hacks Illustrate Why Telcos Should Pay for Their Own Policing
If journalists can gather intelligence about security breaches then others could do the same before the story goes public.
What Mobile World Congress Showed Me about Sexism in the Communications Sector
There is no short cut to equality but openly criticizing sexism and other forms of favoritism would be a step in the right direction.
Commsrisk Top Ten for February 2023
The record for most visitors in a day was smashed yet again on February 18. Commsrisk now regularly has surges of viral traffic that deliver audiences 50 times larger than the typical daily baseline.