How 153 robocalls cost one company $229,500

From Sophos Naked Security:

How 153 robocalls cost one company $229,500

One of the biggest annoyances of the modern era has to be the amount of spam we receive. Coming in many forms, we have become quite adept at filtering it out, using tech to deal with the email variety and the bin for the paper-based form.

There's something about the telephone that makes it a little different though. Even though caller display can give a heads up as to who is calling, that ringing sound makes it hard to ignore.