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How a Leading Telecom Slashed Account Takeovers by ~75% — Without Changing a Line of App Code

calendar_today May 6, 2026 person Shailesh Mishra domain cequence

~75% Reduction in fraudulent account takeovers <4 weeks Time to measurable, sustained impact 0 App code changes required 100s Applications and APIs protected When a major telecommunications provider’s anti-fraud team reached out to their internal Cequence champions with an unsolicited note of thanks, the data behind it told a remarkable story. In just a matter of weeks, fraudulent account takeovers on a key set of digital consumer apps had dropped by approximately 75% — and the decline was continuing. No app changes. No friction for end users. No engineering sprint required.

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