<ul><li>The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's (PTA) online security system has suffered a major breach, resulting in the theft of over one million IMEI numbers.</li><li>Technical vulnerabilities in PTA's Device Identification, Registration, and Blocking System (DIRBS) have allowed the fraudulent assignment of low-cost feature phone IMEIs to smuggled premium smartphones.</li><li>Mobile phone manufacturing companies have raised concerns about potential billions of rupees in losses to the national exchequer and have notified PTA about the critical flaw.</li><li>Consumers are reporting cases of previously approved phones being suddenly blocked, raising questions about corruption and conflicts of interest within PTA.</li></ul>

PTA Approved Phones Turning Non-PTA: 1 Million IMEIs Become Vulnerable

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