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Biometric identity theft: Pakistan blocks 18.2M SIM cards

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How biometric database leaks are forcing a shift to multi-modal verification When Pakistan’s telecom regulators announced they were reviewing iris scans for SIM card registration after blocking over 18.2 million fraudulent SIM cards, it signaled a critical inflection point for software engineers an…

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  1. 2026-09-09 20:30 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    Biometric identity theft: Pakistan blocks 18.2M SIM cards

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