Commsrisk

Insider commentary on the risks faced by comms providers and their customers since 2006.

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The Final Commsrisk Article: US Telcos Cannot Be Allowed to Dictate Global KYC - https://t.co/4D5M2hU7L4

I was thrown out of One Consortium, but that was inevitable given a plan I hatched in 2024. It is better to end my career with this KYC warning than by facilitating a sham.

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AI Needs RA More than RA Needs AI - https://t.co/gBa19PjINa

SMS farms are being used to gain API access to the Claude LLM at one-tenth of the correct price. There has always been more to learn about revenue assurance than corporations care to learn.

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Disappointing Results Confirm Subex’s Decline - https://t.co/jFbkmud7ip

This Indian business was a pioneer of RAFM. CEO Nisha Dutt is failing to provide the firm with a new identity, purpose or sense of direction.

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YouTube SMS Blaster Ad Displays Scam Messages That Impersonate Telcos - https://t.co/s1Eyhcy4sf

Google's indifference to social media ads for scam equipment is disgraceful. A new ad shows an SMS blaster impersonating Globe and Smart, the two largest telcos in the Philippines.

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This is the gluten-free bread shelf at Sainsbury's. Every single product has a Nectar price: either give them your data or pay an outrageously inflated cost.

No other mainstream supermarket behaves like this. @sainsburys, are you not ashamed to exploit customers like this?

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Chinese SMS Blaster Scammer Attacks Eurovision in Vienna - https://t.co/fL6E2GvsE7

A 32 year old Chinese national was arrested by Austria's Cobra tactical police unit outside the Eurovision Song Contest. The scammer's 6 year old son was also in the car.

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Did a British SMS Honeypot Discover Election Fraud in the US Midterms? - https://t.co/kyi47MnDu2

A spam message about 'cell signal coverage' linked to a poll harvesting data about supporters of two Republicans competing in the Texas Senate primary.

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Telco Insiders Arrested; Accused of Aiding $41mn Bank Frauds with 580 million Scam Texts and 180,000 Spoofed Calls - https://t.co/A4HhNQsufv

Arrests by South Korean police include the CEO of an SMS messaging platform and a systems administrator at an MVNO.

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Elect Me to the One Consortium Council to Get Tough KYC Rules (Though I Expect to Lose) - https://t.co/E9hfO8pUna

International harmonization of KYC must come through negotiation, not by one country seeking to dominate.

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Signal Failure: The State of UK Mobile in 2026 - https://t.co/K0WUfOp03H

In his first Commsrisk article for 9 years, international telecoms veteran Nixon Wampamba questions why Britain has slow and patchy mobile networks.

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Success and Failure in Scam Reduction: Comparing Data from Australia, India, Singapore, the UK and the USA - https://t.co/1YXSRHOA8y

This 15-minute video is a reworking of content presented at the Comms Council UK Fraud Summit.

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SIM Binding Followed by a 30% Reduction in Abusive WhatsApp Accounts - https://t.co/0BcDCBDdzi

Telcos will benefit if online services have to be authenticated repeatedly but some decision-makers will struggle to see the connections.

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How a Sailing Club Hacked Ireland’s SMS Sender ID Registry - https://t.co/vcgzzYyti6

It is not just criminals who look for loopholes in anti-scam controls.

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Two Chinese Arrested for Operating an SMS Blaster around Bangkok - https://t.co/tnlCCi0hu0

Few details were provided but the crime fits a well-established pattern.

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Users Only Allowed Banking Apps on One Device; Transaction Limits for New App Users in Nigeria - https://t.co/sZYqllfccR

The Central Bank of Nigeria has demanded new anti-crime controls on mobile banking.

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Repatriated Scammers Are a Security Risk, Says Kenyan Government - https://t.co/B6K17mDkn8

Around 400 Kenyans have been repatriated from scam compounds in Asia after being lured by fraudulent job adverts on social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram.

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Three Arrested in Toronto after First SMS Blaster Detected in North America - https://t.co/tb2KxboOng

Dafeng Lin, Junmin Shi and Weitong Hu have been charged with 44 offenses in total.

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@sheehanj920 Here is the updated animation of the spread of SMS blasters including the new cases in Kazakhstan and Canada. Kazakhstan comes after Canada because their arrests began later despite being announced first.

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Investigation Shows Telcos in Israel, UK and Jersey Enable Spying on Phones Worldwide - https://t.co/O2GQ8hDDC4

The privacy of phone users is under attack, as proven with SS7 and Diameter signaling data examined by The Citizen Lab.

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Wacky Call Increments Reveal Deeper Issues with Restoring Trust - https://t.co/xoHHOxVJ7j

Complicated changes to wholesale prices are being communicated with minimal notice.