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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

Robocalling Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists Threatened with $5mn FCC Fine

Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl used robocalls to suppress the vote in the US 2020 elections by lying about the use of voter data.

Mobile Money Fraudsters to Be Blocked by All Ghana’s Networks

MTN Ghana CEO Selorm Adadevoh says financial cybercrime is a national security threat but not all agree with his anti-fraud policies.

Cloudflare Stops Huge DDoS Attack That Made 17mn Requests per Second

The content distribution and security business said the attack was three times greater than any previously reported.

Russian Submarine Cable Spy Ship Loitering Off Ireland

The Russian military operates ships equipped with submersibles and remotely operated drones that pose a threat to transatlantic communications.

Arbitrary Decisions Undermine Social Networks

Businesses come under political fire when they lose popular support. The increase in hostility to social networks has been both rapid and ironic.

T-Mobile US Data Breach Affects Over 40mn People

The mobile operator said hackers had compromised data for 7.8mn postpaid customers, 850,000 prepaid customers, and 40mn records for former or prospective customers.

Why a $600mn Crypto Heist Is Bad News for Telcos and Banks

Public ledgers mean criminals can take cryptocurrency without revealing who they are, but everyone can still see where it went.

Huawei Accused of Using ‘Backdoor’ to Spy on Pakistan

A US business filed court documents claiming they created a data exchange system for the Lahore police only for Huawei to demand remote access from China.

6 Weeks to RAG London 2021

Vodafone, BT, Telstra, Virgin Mobile, JT Group and Telefónica are just some of the comms providers represented by speakers at the forthcoming conference of the Risk & Assurance Group.

Fears of Enormous Data Breach at T-Mobile US

An underground forum was used to advertise the sale of personal data that hackers claim to have stolen from T-Mobile servers.

Alleged Huawei Spies Begin Trial in Poland

The prosecution claims a former Polish secret service agent gave advice to a Huawei employee on how to evade cybersecurity monitoring.

Why Using Words to Discuss Probability Is Dangerous

Two different people can have deeply inconsistent interpretations of words like 'probable' and 'possible' without realizing it.

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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