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Eric Priezkalns

During his career, Eric has been a Director of Risk Management for a national telco, the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group, a Chief Marketing Officer for a software business, a consultant, a public speaker and the publisher of Commsrisk since its launch in 2006. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

The comms providers that Eric has worked for include Qatar Telecom, Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky and Worldcom. In addition to his proficiency at speaking about the current scamdemic, Eric is also a qualified chartered accountant and a subject matter expert in consumer protection, enterprise risk management, fraud prevention, data integrity and billing accuracy. Eric was the lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He can be reached through the contact form on this website.

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‘Winter Vivern’ Hackers Target Pro-Ukraine Telcos

These bad actors use a combination of techniques including phishing websites and malicious documents that are tailored to their prey.

Facebook Experiments with Flash Calls

They are following the lead of Twitter by wanting to cut expenditure on SMS messages for user authentication.

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.

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.

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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