A $68 Million Scam That Relies on Telecom Insiders – Bloomberg Law

Hi, it’s William Turton taking over for the week. Scammers have bribed insiders at US phone companies to gather customer data. But first…

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The Cyber Angle

In May 2021, about 100 employees of an unnamed phone company received an unsolicited text message, according to court records.

The sender, who isn’t named, had an offer: In exchange for cash, would the staffers leverage their access to the phone company’s internal systems …