Tag Archives: SMS

Play app with 100K downloads booted for forwarding texts to developer server

Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images reader comments 21 with 0 posters participating Share this story Google has removed two apps, one with more than 100,000 downloads, after receiving a report they were part of an illegal scheme that surreptitiously forwarded text messages that were used to create fraudulent accounts on third-party websites. The first… Read More »

Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years

Getty Images | d3sign reader comments 95 with 70 posters participating Share this story Syniverse, a company that routes hundreds of billions of text messages every year for hundreds of carriers including Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, revealed to government regulators that a hacker gained unauthorized access to its databases for five years. Syniverse and carriers… Read More »