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fromZDNET
3 days ago

Scam texts net over $1 billion for cyber gangs - how to avoid their traps

Chinese-run scam networks use SIM farms and US-based mules to phish payment data, clone cards, buy luxury goods, and steal over $1 billion.
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 week ago

Telecom Bust Near the UN Reveals New National Security Vulnerability

The devices were designed to what experts call a "SIM farm," an industrial-scale operation where hundreds or thousands of SIM cards can be manipulated simultaneously. These setups are typically associated with financial fraud or bulk messaging scams. Still, the Secret Service warned that they can also be used to flood telecom networks, disable cell towers, and obscure the origin of communications. In the shadow of the UN, where global leaders convene and security tensions are high, the proximity of such a system raised immediate questions about intent, attribution, and preparedness. "(SIM farms) could jam cell and text services, block emergency calls, target first responders with fake messages, spread disinformation, or steal login codes," Jake Braun, Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Initiative at the University of Chicago and former White House Acting Principal Deputy National Cyber Director, tells The Cipher Brief. "In short, they could cripple communications just when they're needed most."
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fromDataBreaches.Net
3 weeks ago

U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly - DataBreaches.Net

Secret Service dismantled SIM farms in the New York tri-state area containing 300 servers and over 100,000 SIM cards capable of massive, disruptive text messaging attacks.
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fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

Secret Service Says It Destroyed a Secret Cell Phone Doomsday Device in NYC

A criminal network of devices and SIM infrastructure capable of disabling New York City's cellular network and sending massive encrypted messages was uncovered and neutralized.
fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

US uncovers 100,000 SIM cards that could have "shut down" NYC cell network

The gear was identified as part of a Secret Service investigation into "anonymous telephonic threats" made against several high-ranking US government officials, but the setup seems designed for something larger than just making a few threats. The Secret Service believes that the system could have been capable of activities like "disabling cell phone towers, enabling denial of services attacks and facilitating anonymous, encrypted communication between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises."
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fromUSA TODAY
3 weeks ago

Secret Service foils plot that could have caused dangerous cell phone blackout

Secret Service dismantled a telecommunications network with 100,000 SIM cards and 300 SIM servers near the UN General Assembly that could disable NYC cellular service.
US politics
fromDailywire
3 weeks ago

Secret Service Dismantles 'Imminent' Electronic Threat Ahead Of Trump UN Speech

Secret Service dismantled a New York-area network of over 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards that threatened telecom systems and senior federal officials.
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