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Burkina Faso aims to increase mobile security in the African country with a new bill<\/a> that says users can only hold two SIM cards (i.e., lines of service) from a mobile provider.<\/p>\n

And the sale of SIM cards<\/a> will only be made in approved agencies and points of sale.<\/p>\n

The use of multiple SIM cards can allow for SIM farms to be built, which are typically connected to organizations where the SIM cards are connected to computer servers to send large amounts of SMS spam.<\/p>\n

Aminata Zerbo-Saban\u00e9, Burkina Faso’s Minister of Digital Transition, Posts, and Electronic Communications, said this measure<\/a> is aimed at reducing the improper use of electronic communication services.<\/p>\n

The bill will better regulate the identification of customers of electronic communications service providers, and reduce the illicit use of mobile services, she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Users could hold up to five SIM cards previously, but now they can only have two; it’s a move that the government says is intended to cut down mobile spam levels.Read More HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-darkreading-ti"],"yoast_head":"\nSIM Card Ownership Slashed in Burkina Faso 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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