DoT takes action on 10K fraudulent messages sent by using 8 SMS
The Department of Telecommunications, which comes under the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, has said that it took action on more than 10,000 fraudulent messages that were sent by using eight SMS headers in the last three months. SMS header- which is also known as sender ID, and which could be of three types: Alpha Numeric Shortcode Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, MHA, provided information about the misuse of eight SMS Headers to DoT for sending fraudulent communications for committing cybercrime. DoT then took action and blacklisted the 'Principal Entities' which were owners of these eight SMS Headers. "None of these Principal Entities, SMS Headers or templates can now be used to send SMS through any telecom operator," DoT said.
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