Tag: Verizon
Telco Fined $23.5mn for Taking Government Subsidies for Ineligible Phone Users
Programs to help Americans with low incomes were abused by TracFone Wireless, a subsidiary of Verizon.
Two British Teenagers Found Guilty of Belonging to LAPSUS$ SIM Swapping Hacker Gang
Arion Kurtaj began his criminal career of blackmail and fraud when he was 16. He trained an apprentice who is still too young to name.
Verizon Reports Mobile-Related Security Compromises Almost Doubled Since 2021
The Mobile Security Index surveyed 632 professionals responsible for the procurement, management and security of mobile devices.
The Wangiri Fraud That Was Mostly a Billing Error
A customer was lured into making an expensive international call but her error was made hundreds of times worse by her telco incorrectly recording the call's duration.
What the Theft of the Verizon Employee Database Tells Us about Security Threats
The telco played down the importance of the breach whilst the hacker mocked 'idiot' employees for believing he was from PC support.
Boeing and Airbus Claim 5G Is a Threat to Plane Safety
Demands for last-minute delays to the use of C-band spectrum for 5G can ultimately be blamed on US government infighting.
US Regulator Sides with AT&T and Verizon in Artificial Inflation Case
Local exchange carrier Wide Voice has management and ownership in common with other telcos that collectively stimulated access.
Six Takeaways from the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2021
Never mind somebody else's fact-free opinions about data security, because here is the leading source of data about data security.
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.
RAG TV: Assuring PPV Revenue and Preventing Refiling
The final episode of RAG TV Season 2 featured two classy communicators: Kathy Romano of global media firm Discovery and Bryan Rowe of innovative fraud developers Six Degrees.
Human Error Blamed for Growing Number of Data Breaches
More data breaches are caused by mistakes than malware, says the Verizon 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report.
How CDR Analysis Caught a Murderer
Gregory Lewis was convicted of kidnapping and murdering an employee of a Verizon store he wanted to rob. His lawyers argued otherwise, but CDRs showed Lewis was at the location of each crime.
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