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A massive SMS spamming operation kicked out tens of millions of text messages, pestering unsuspecting recipients with links to fake sites flogging loans and free money.
What is known is that ApexSMS, the name of the database on the exposed server, spammed millions of cell phone numbers with varying messages, all pushing their victims to dozens of different scam sites.
In all, the exposed database contained 80 million records — so-called leads, which marketers use to pitch products and services — which included people’s names, locations, phone numbers and IP addresses.
The database even kept track of who clicked on which message through Grand Slam Marketing, one of the alleged companies involved in the operations, which was named a “premium parter” on one of the scam sites victims were pointed to.
“Mobile Drip has clients from many different industries and all of them are required to adhere to strict guidelines on message content, as well as TCPA compliance,” referring to federal telemarketing rules.
In follow-up questions, Mobile Drip denied any connection to ApexSMS, and referred to the company’s terms and conditions, which expressly prohibit spam on its platform.
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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure would be nice if Apple would stop fucking around and support RCS so unencrypted SMS can finally die. Still waiting for iMessage to come to other platforms as promised. Certainly any day now, right?
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 year ago
RCS is actually not an open standard and is owned by Google. So both Google and Apple messages should support a different, open, standard - maybe ActivityPub
donut4ever@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That’s called “doing the right thing”, and corporation don’t have that in their dictionary
Raisin8659@monyet.cc 1 year ago
Yeah, neither seems likely any time soon.