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Mint Primer | Flight scare: Why hoax calls are untraceable

  • Shouvik Das--Livemint
  • published date: 2024-11-06 00:00:06 UTC

Modern-day hoax and scam calls use the Internet, meaning they aren’t delivered through a conventional telephone line or SIM card that can be physically traced.

A huge number of hoax calls crippled many flights last month. Internet-driven threats are not only difficult to trace, they also defy cross-border regulations, making matters geopolitically complicat… [+3040 chars]