Tag: data protection
Belgium Tightens Controls on SIM Swaps Following Orange Privacy Breach
Hackers obtained data about 850,000 customers of Orange Belgium.
Data Breach at Bouyges Telecom Affects 6.4mn Customers
Management gave the usual blah blah about how much they care about the security of customer data, except this time it was said in French.
What an American Hacker’s Methods Tells Us about a Flaw in Fraud Prevention Strategies
Cameron Wagenius used an online alias to sell customer data stolen from Verizon and AT&T while he was serving in the US Army.
Why Is ChatGPT Giving HLR Data about Your Phone to Anyone Who Asks for It?
OpenAI has made it easy for anyone to get HLR data for free without questioning if they have a legitimate need for it.
Woman Sues Telco over SIM Swap Theft of Bitcoin Now Worth $1.3mn
A key part of the legal fight related to whether telcos can use contract clauses to mandate the use of arbitration when there is a dispute over compensation.
Buggy IMS Implementation Caused UK Mobile Operator to Broadcast the Location of Users
Anyone with a basic understanding of networks could have tracked customers of O2 UK due to a mistake with how a Mavenir IMS had been set up.
SK Telecom Offers Free Replacement of SIMs to 23mn Customers Following Hack
Malware was discovered in the South Korean telco's Home Subscriber Server.
AT&T Defeat of FCC over $57mn Data Breach Fine Shows US Regulatory Enforcement Is Broken
Giving corporations the right to a jury trial is no substitute for appointing regulators that are competent to make the decisions we all need them to make.
We Need to Talk about Trump’s Memo on Data Transfers
Trump will always portray Americans as the victims of foreign interests. The reality is that governments and companies need to protect data from American interests.
TransUnion and the Murky World of HLR Queries
TransUnion says they track the details of 8.6 billion phone numbers across 250 countries and territories. Who has consented to this?
Trump Jeopardizes EU-US Data Transfer Deal
The European Commission keeps choosing to believe the USA has a data protection framework of stable genius when all the evidence suggests it is unreliable and untrustworthy.
How the Telecoms Industry Legitimizes Theft
Terms like 'gray routing' and 'HLR dipping' are used to misrepresent fraud and data piracy.
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