Alleged ‘face’ of robocalls testifies it’s as easy as the ‘click of a button’

April 18, 2018

The alleged “face” of unwanted robocalls testified Wednesday that the technology to start a large autodial campaign is easy to use and can be set up by “anyone” from a home office.

“There is available open source software that can be misused by someone to make thousands of automated calls with the click of a button,” Adrian Abramovich said during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing.

Abramovich, who was appearing before the committee under subpoena, is facing a record $122 million Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fine for allegedly making almost 100 million spoofed robocalls over three months...