The UK’s banking and finance sector has linked up with the mobile industry in a new bid to block scam text messages exploiting the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic from reaching their targets, and make sure legitimate messages get through.
The initiative is a project of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF), Mobile UK and UK Finance, with support and assistance from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It builds on the recent success of a pilot conducted by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) which saw a 90% cut in reports of HMRC-branded text scams.
