Singapore orders Apple, Google to stop fake government message scams

Singapore orders Apple, Google to stop fake government message scams

Police told the tech giants to block spoofed government accounts on iMessage and Google Messages to tackle rising fraud threats.

Police issue directives to Apple and Google to curb spoofing of government agencies on iMessage and Google Messages

Apple and Google have been directed by the police to put in place measures to prevent the spoofing of Singapore Government agencies via iMessage and Google Messages by Nov 30.This comes amid over 120 cases involving the impersonation of SingPost, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a statement on Tuesday (Nov 25).MHA added that the police have also seen scams involving the impersonation of other SMS sender ID registry-registered (SSIR) se…