SMS Threat on Rise!

An expert Central committee appointed by the government has sought penal action against hackers who steal phone numbers to send SMSs.
The committee was appointed by the department of telecom after getting several complaints about mobile numbers being stolen by hackers to send SMSs, which often ‘phish' for personal information.
According to the committee, stealing a person's number and using it amounted to ‘impersonation and forgery', is a criminal offence.
Centre has already blocked sites which offered SMS hacking tools for free.
There were also complaints that hackers had used SMS messages in the name of banks to get information about accounts.

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