#cyber-fraud

#cyber-fraud

In a statement posted on X, SpaceX's senior vice president of commercial business, Lauren Dreyer, said the company had "proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected scam centers" in Myanmar. She added that SpaceX "complies with local laws in all 150+ markets where Starlink is licensed to operate" and takes "appropriate action" when it detects violations of its acceptable use policy or applicable law.

Blocking all A2P messages means operators are unable to distinguish between spam and legitimate service texts, affecting vital communications like bank notifications and two-factor authentication.

AT&T is introducing a protection feature to prevent unauthorized changes to mobile accounts, specifically targeting SIM swapping and port-out fraud that have affected many subscribers.