Privacy & Intellectual Property
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.
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.
Ghanaian High Court Stops Regulator and GVG from Violating Mobile Phone Privacy
Data supposedly gathered to track the spread of COVID-19 included each customer's mobile money transactions and bank details.
$888mn GDPR Fine for Amazon May Kill Behavioral Advertising in the EU
Luxembourg's secretive authorities levied the largest ever data protection fine without telling the complainants they had won.
Is Anyone Surprised by Pegasus Project Revelations?
Amnesty International says handset spyware from NSO Group is 'the tip of the iceberg' but they still underestimate how far the comms sector has been corrupted by government surveillance.
Telcos in the Crossfire for Privacy and Freedom: The Battles in Myanmar and eSwatini
It is not possible for the telecoms sector to serve both ordinary people and the governments that oppress them.
Huawei Opens New Privacy Transparency Center As More Countries Consider Bans
The superficial way Huawei seeks to engender public trust just adds to the reasons to be suspicious.
Research Shows Recycling Phone Numbers Threatens Privacy
Academics from Princeton found more than half the numbers they obtained could be linked to personal data about former users.
New German Law Forces Telcos to Assist State Surveillance with IMSI-Catchers
German spooks and cops are upgrading their surveillance strategy to cope with 5G.
Only 1 in 5 Mobile Operators Believe GSMA/3GPP Security Guidelines Cover All Signaling Threats
The Cellusys-Kaleido signaling security survey contains many other statistics that will trouble risk managers and ordinary phone users.
Police Fight a Losing Battle Against Encrypted Comms
Police say they cracked the Sky ECC message app, which has 170,000 users and is allegedly used by drugs traffickers. However, a string of similar operations suggests a flawed strategy.
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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