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egonschiele on May 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: FCC fines robocaller record $120M

I also get robocalls all the time, and hardly got any till about a year ago. What changed?

xigency on May 11, 2018 [–]

The Equifax breach leaked phone numbers along with all of the other identifying information hence more spam calls from anyone (everyone) affected.

ryanlol on May 11, 2018 | [–]

Do you have anything to back your assertion that the data from the Equifax leak is being actively exploited in this manner?

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