Broadband Breakfast on July 29, 2026: Phishing, Robocalls and Spam

Aided by AI, cybercriminals are getting craftier, and the threats landing in our email inboxes, our text messages and ringing our phones have never been more sophisticated. Join Broadband Breakfast for a Live Online event examining the evolving landscape of phishing schemes, illegal robocalls, and spam targeting both consumers and businesses. Our panel of experts will unpack how bad actors exploit telecommunications networks, what regulators and carriers are doing to fight back through tools like STIR/SHAKEN and the FCC's enforcement actions. What more can be done to protect against scams?

Panelists

• Josh Bercu, Executive Director, Industry Traceback Group, USTelecom
• Other panelists have been invited
• Drew Clark (moderator), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Josh Bercu serves as Executive Director of the Industry Traceback Group (ITG), the FCC-designated traceback consortium that leads industry efforts to trace back suspected illegal robocalls and other unlawful voice traffic. In that role, he is responsible for the full ITG effort, including its strategy, management, and continued development, with a focus on growing the ITG’s impact as it responds to an ever-evolving threat landscape. Bercu also serves as Senior Vice President at USTelecom – The Broadband Association, which leads the ITG. In that role, he leads advocacy and collaboration on anti-scam policy and initiatives, among other responsibilities. Bercu previously served in leadership roles on the Aspen Institute’s National Task Force for Fraud & Scam Prevention and the FTC’s Scams Against Older Adults Advisory Group.

Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing tool to collect and verify broadband data left unpublished by the Federal Communications Commission. As CEO and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media community advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.