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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.

Articles by This Author

LAPSUS$ Ransom Gang Proves It Is Easier to Hack People than Computers

The arrest of an English teenager who offered $20,000 bribes to big telco insiders shows security paradigms do not fit the facts.

US Telco Leaders Argue Against FCC Plan to Impose STIR/SHAKEN on International Carriers

Key people at AT&T, Lumen and Verizon warned against proposals that would cost 'tens of millions of dollars' but yield little benefit.

Russian Cybersecurity Business Kaspersky Added to US Telecoms Blacklist

The Federal Communications Commission also reinforced bans on the sale of services by China Mobile and China Telecom.

New Orleans Jazz Legend Kermit Ruffins to Play at RAG

We will taste the best food as well as the best music that New Orleans can offer at the RAG New Orleans conference on April 5 and 6.

Why No Sanctions for EU Satellites Spreading Putin’s War Propaganda?

France and the European Union could readily extend sanctions to Russian satellite TV channels but may fear reprisals.

Popularity of Mobile Payments in Cambodia Shows Rich Countries Lag Behind the Mobile-Fintech Revolution

The percentage of the Cambodian population using mobile payments is almost double that of the USA.

Is This the Time for the US to Ban More Chinese Telcos?

The US government and its comms regulator pursues their international objectives in such a piecemeal fashion that they lack coherence when viewed together.

Russian Army Using Simboxes on Ukrainian Networks

Russian soldiers are stealing civilian mobile phones whilst one simboxer was caught with Chinese simboxes that ran thousands of Russian military calls through Ukrainian telcos.

The Hacker Who Stole a Telco’s Most Valuable Personal Data Without Using a Computer

A 1980's phreaker said she stole the phone numbers of LA celebrities by checking unlocked cabinets in the office of Pacific Bell.

US Regulator Expects Consumers to Report Fraudulent Abuse of Government Subsidies by Telcos

How can the US government spend USD17bn on subsidizing internet access whilst relying on the public to police crooked companies?

Wangiri News from Indonesia, Norway and Spain

The monthly round-up about the one-ring scam features a telco that makes marketing calls which have a similar impact to scams and some cod psychology about Scandinavians.

Three UK Blocks up to 5.8mn SMS Texts Each Month

Darren Purkis, CFO at Three UK, also said 'bigger attacks' like Flubot had sometimes led to even more messages being blocked.

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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