Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬
#SecretService disrupts telecom threat near #UN #GeneralAssembly
‘#SIMFarms’ Are a #Spam Plague. A Giant One in #NewYork Threatened #US #CriticalInfrastructure
Agency says it found some 300 servers and 100,000 #SIM cards—Given number of #SIMcards under the control of a single operation, it could have “disabled #cellphone towers and essentially shut down the cell phone network in #NYC." Experts say it mirrors facilities used for #cybercrime
https://www.wired.com/story/sim-farm-new-york-threatened-us-infrastructure-feds-say/
https://archive.ph/afvqq
‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say

The agency says it found a network of some 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards—enough to knock out cell service in the NYC area. Experts say it mirrors facilities typically used for cybercrime.

WIRED
Sep 25 at 12:39pmWeb