Telstra to block Services Australia SMS phishing scams – iTnews

Telstra has piloted a new malicious text message blocking service on its network that stops impersonation attempts from reaching Services Australia customers.
Working with Services Australia and the Australian Cyber Security Centre, the telco has completed a technical proof-of-concept, which could be rolled out more broadly in the future.
The network-level blocking service automatically identifies and rejects phishing text messages that appear to be sent from myGov, the government’s online ser…

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