PIAC wants public disclosure of SIM-swap fraud data

OTTAWA — The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is asking the CRTC again for public disclosure of confidential information submitted by Canadian wireless service providers to the Commission regarding the number of unauthorized mobile telephone number transfers (ports) and SIM swaps that have occurred within their services. Starting January 11, 2021, wireless service providers (WSPs) have been required by the Commission to file monthly data regarding the occurrences of SIM swapping. (Cartt.ca has written before about the issue of SIM-swap fraud, or wireless number porting fraud.) A Commission letter on December 22, 2020, required mobile carriers to provide, for each...