2023-05-14 09:31:16
In practice, thespoofing is disguising a communication from an unknown source as a communication from a known and trusted source. “It is very easy to change your phone number by making a call“explains Axel Legay, professor of cybersecurity at UCLouvain. Several paid applications, like Spooncard, also offer this type of service, accessible to individuals and businesses. But is it legal?
According to the cybersecurity professor, it all depends on the use made of it. They can be legal, such as when a doctor calls a patient from his personal mobile phone and displays his practice number rather than his personal telephone number. It is “spoofing” for malicious purposes that is punishable. Remember here that identity theft, and a fortiori, for the purposes of fraud is an offense punishable by imprisonment.
Unfortunately, this type of telephone scam tends to multiply, as Axel Legay notes: “Today theHackers have really evolved in their way of deceiving humans and classic phishing is used less and less. Now they collect data, especially on social networks and do identity theft. The number of means of communication with citizens is increasing, access to a lot of personal information is also increasing, which makes it easier to establish a relationship of trust. So it’s only going to get bigger in the years to come..”
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