Latest FCC news

FCC reveals Royal Tiger, its first tagged robocall threat actor

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has named its first officially designated robocall threat actor 'Royal Tiger,' a move aiming to help international partners and law enforcement more easily track individuals and entities behind repeat robocall campaigns.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 13, 2024
- 04:45 PM
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FCC fines carriers $200 million for illegally sharing user location

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers almost $200 million for sharing their customers' real-time location data without their consent.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 29, 2024
- 03:41 PM
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Hackers target FCC, crypto firms in advanced Okta phishing attacks

A new phishing kit named CryptoChameleon is being used to target Federal Communications Commission (FCC) employees, using specially crafted single sign-on (SSO) pages for Okta that appear remarkably similar to the originals.
- Bill Toulas
- March 02, 2024
- 11:18 AM
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FCC orders telecom carriers to report PII data breaches within 30 days

Starting March 13th, telecommunications companies must report data breaches impacting customers' personally identifiable information within 30 days, as required by FCC's updated data breach reporting requirements.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 12, 2024
- 04:50 PM
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FCC adopts new rules to protect consumers from SIM-swapping attacks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed new rules to shield consumers from criminals who hijack their phone numbers in SIM swapping attacks and port-out fraud.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 18, 2023
- 11:10 AM
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Emergency alert on US phones and TVs today — Don’t worry, it’s just a test

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will run an emergency alert test today to check Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) capabilities nationwide.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 04, 2023
- 05:24 AM
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Extended warranty robocallers fined $300 million after 5 billion scam calls

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a record-breaking $299,997,000 fine imposed on an international network of companies for placing five billion robocalls to more than 500 million phone numbers over three months in 2021.
- Bill Toulas
- August 04, 2023
- 10:54 AM
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FCC wants telecom carriers to report data breaches faster

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission wants to strengthen federal law enforcement and modernize breach notification requirements for telecommunications companies so that they notify customers of security breaches faster.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 06, 2023
- 01:11 PM
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FCC proposes record-breaking $300 million fine against robocaller

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposed today a record-breaking $300 million fine against an auto warranty robocall operation that made billions of calls to more than 550 million phones across the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 21, 2022
- 03:07 PM
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US bans sales of Huawei, Hikvision, ZTE, and Dahua equipment

The United States government, through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has banned the sale of equipment from Chinese telecommunications and video surveillance vendor Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua due "unacceptable risks to national security".
- Bill Toulas
- November 28, 2022
- 09:18 AM
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US govt warns Americans of escalating SMS phishing attacks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warned Americans of an increasing wave of SMS (Short Message Service) phishing attacks attempting to steal their personal information and money.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 29, 2022
- 11:21 AM
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US says Kaspersky poses unacceptable risk to national security

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to its Covered List, saying it poses unacceptable risks to U.S. national security.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2022
- 05:17 PM
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FCC proposes $45 million fine for health insurance robocaller

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed the largest-ever fine against a robocaller for Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 18, 2022
- 01:47 PM
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US bans major Chinese telecom over national security risks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revoked China Unicom Americas' license, one of the world's largest mobile service providers, over "serious national security concerns."
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 28, 2022
- 11:30 AM
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FCC wants new data breach reporting rules for telecom carriers

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed more rigorous data breach reporting requirements for telecom carriers in response to breaches that recently hit the telecommunications industry.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 13, 2022
- 04:39 PM
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US bans China Telecom Americas over national security risks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revoked China Telecom Americas' license to provide telecommunication services within the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 27, 2021
- 11:15 AM
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The FCC proposes rules to fight SIM swap and port-out fraud

The Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. this week announced that it started to work on rules that would pull the brake on SIM swapping attacks.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 01, 2021
- 11:33 AM
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FTC receives almost 2 million robocall complaints in nine months

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received almost 2 million complaints from Americans regarding illegal robocalls during the first nine months of 2020.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 27, 2020
- 07:27 PM
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US designates China's Huawei and ZTE as national security threats

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today formally designated the Huawei Technologies Company (Huawei) and ZTE Corporation (ZTE) as national security threats to the integrity of U.S. communications networks or the communications supply chain.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 30, 2020
- 01:29 PM
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FCC: No more warnings for robocallers before fines

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today issued an order saying that it will no longer warn robocallers before fining them for harassing consumers and violating the law.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 01, 2020
- 05:20 PM
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