FCC Targets Burner Phones in Security Push

*The agency’s move appears in a weekly roundup that also flags Microsoft’s record Patch Tuesday and an Oracle zero-day exploit.*

The FCC wants to kill burner phones. The proposal surfaces in Wired’s security news summary for the week of June 13, 2026.

No further details on the scope, timeline, or technical requirements are supplied in the report. The same item lists two other stories: AI-driven bug hunting that produced Microsoft’s largest Patch Tuesday to date, and the ShinyHunters group exploiting an Oracle zero-day for ransomware operations.

The source provides no additional numbers, quotes, or policy text.

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Sources:

• Wired

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