Anti-SMS spoofing registry to shut and be replaced by full-fledged system: IMDA

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SINGAPORE: A registry meant to combat SMS spoofing will be shut down and replaced by a full-fledged system in response to the recent spate of SMS phishing scams, said the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) on Monday (Mar 7). The SMS SenderID Protection Registry, which

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SINGAPORE: A registry meant to combat SMS spoofing will be shut down and replaced by a full-fledged system in response to the recent spate of SMS phishing scams, said the Infocomm Media Development Authority on Monday .by IMDA and the Monetary Authority of Singapore , was done in collaboration with the UK Mobile Ecosystem Forum as a commercial service provider.

"As IMDA will be moving towards a more fully-fledged SSIR, the MEF and IMDA have therefore jointly decided to conclude our pilot which has provided us with useful inputs to move on with our new model."The authority said that the "full-fledged" Singapore SMS Sender ID Registry can identify spoofed messages using protected SMS sender IDs, and block these messages upfront.

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