Police arrest 3 people in cybercrime investigation, seize ‘SMS blasters’ used to defraud victims
Police say an SMS blaster mimics “a legitimate cellular tower” that sends fraudulent text messages to connected phones with links to websites designed to steal personal, financial or log-in information.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sms-blaster-police-cybercrime-investigation-9.7174756?cmp=rss

If your web browser has to authenticate web sites it connects to, why can't your phone authenticate cellular towers it connects to? Can't this be baked into the protocol?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-toronto-police-charge-three-in-sms-blaster-scam-text-operation/
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Police arrest 3 people in cybercrime investigation, seize ‘SMS blasters’ used to defraud victims
Police say an SMS blaster mimics “a legitimate cellular tower” that sends fraudulent text messages to connected phones with links to websites designed to steal personal, financial or log-in information.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sms-blaster-police-cybercrime-investigation-9.7174756?cmp=rss