PTA warns SIM owners over liability for misuse
#SIMCards
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2025-12-26
#PSA: #Encryptados * are #scammers that'll not deliver people an #eSIM when purchased.
- Even when contacted post-sale and asked about it they'd rather ghost one than actually delivering stuff...
And yes I have evidence to backup said claims!
#ConsumerProtection #ScamAlert #eSIMs #SimCards #privacy #SimCard #SIM #SIMs #privacy #scam
Okay, I got reliable info from a source that Encryptados are at least selectively scamming buyers...
- Cuz they don't deliver on test purchases from a new customers.
Stay away from these!
#Encryptados #Scam #Scammers #TakeAndRun #eSIM #SIM #eSIMs #SIMs #SIMcard #SIMcards
Secret Service Dubiously Claims, Without Evidence, To Have Uncovered ‘Hidden Telecom Network’ That Could Have Crippled NYC, UN
#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
Ars Technica: US uncovers 100,000 SIM cards that could have “shut down” NYC cell network. “The US Secret Service announced this morning that it has located and seized a cache of telecom devices large enough to ‘shut down the cellular network in New York City.’ And it believes a nation-state is responsible.”
🚨😅 NYC's telecom raid revealed a stockpile of SIM cards so absurd, even James Bond would be 😂. In a shocking twist, authorities found the world's least exciting gadget: a SIM bank, proving that crime doesn’t always pay... but it sure can bore. 📱🔍
https://tedium.co/2025/09/23/secret-service-raid-sim-bank-telecom-hardware/ #NYCtelecomraid #SIMcards #JamesBond #crimeboring #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated
1,000 SIM cards, eh? Hmmmm...🤔
A plot could have caused #CellPhone chaos. It's part of a troubling trend.
The discovery of thousands of devices that could have wiped out communications in #NewYorkCity comes after a series of #cyberattacks targeting the US.
by N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Will Carless, and Michael Loria
September 23, 2025
Excerpt: "The discovery of a vast telecommunications network that authorities say was capable of wiping out cellular communications in the nation's largest city is just the latest in a steady series of high-profile plots targeting critical #infrastructure.
"With the right amount of resources, bad actors can shut down anything from hospitals to gas #pipelines, according to Kevin Butler, director of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research.
" 'What we're really seeing is how cyber attacks can be targeting various aspects of critical infrastructure and in very meaningful ways,' said Butler. "Even things like our water infrastructure or the #electricgrid.
"What happened in New York City?
"Investigators found more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards in the New York tri-state area. The Secret Service said it moved quickly to dismantle the network given its proximity to a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly.
"The devices allowed for anonymous, encrypted communication, which enabled criminal organizations to operate undetected, according to Matt McCool, special agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in New York. McCool said the network could have been used to disable cell phone towers, disrupt emergency communications, and shut down the city's cellular networks.
"Telecommunications devices discovered throughout the New York tristate area that the U.S. Secret Service claimed 'were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials.'
"It's not yet clear who is behind the plot in New York or what their intentions were, but Butler said the level of sophistication indicates the perpetrators are likely a highly organized group, like a foreign government or non-state actor.
"And though attacks against telecom providers are not unusual, this kind of brute force method is almost unheard of, said Butler, a professor of computer and information science and engineering at the University of Florida. Though fraudsters sometimes amass SIM cards to execute scams, Butler said those operations typically involved 'a couple thousand at most.'
" 'My initial reaction is this is a very large scale attack,' Butler said. 'I've never heard of somebody putting 100,000 #SIMCards together in such a coordinated way.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/nWu9B
#1000SIMCards #CyberAttack #SystemVulnerabilities #ConnectedGrids #TechDisruption #DisruptiveTechnology
#Landlines #TechVulnerability #OneThousandSIMCards
US uncovers 100,000 SIM cards that could have “shut down” NYC cell network https://arstechni.ca/QxXA #SecretService #Security #simcards #spying #NYC #UN
📡 Wow, the Secret Service heroically "disrupted" some nefarious telecom network in #NYC. 😱 Who knew SIM cards could be so dangerous? Maybe they should stick to protecting VIPs instead of LARPing as #cybersecurity experts. 🙄 #NotAllHeroesWearCapes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-secret-service-disrupts-telecom-network-threatened-new-york-city-u-n-general-assembly/ #SecretService #TelecomNetwork #SIMcards #Heroes #HackerNews #ngated
Secret Service agents dismantle network that could shut down New York cellphone system https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/secret-service-agents-dismantle-system-used-convey-assassination-threa-rcna233115 #cybersecurity #telecommunications #CriticalInfrastructure #SIMCards #SIMServers #DDoS #NewYorkCity
Very interesting applied security research into the #GSMA #eSIM universe, specfically the use of the JavaCard VM with its questionable security architecture depending on an off-card bytecode verifier in the context of the eUICC which inherently contains eSIM profiles of different [competing] mobile operators, each of which can install arbitrary Java applets into the same eUICC. #GSM #3GPP #cellular #simcards
https://security-explorations.com/esim-security.html
M&S cyber-attack: how to protect yourself from sim-swap fraud
#Tech #CyberSecurity #SIMSwap #DataProtection #2FA #Smartphones #SIMCards #MSCyberAttack #IdentityTheft #OnlineSafety #Authentication #FraudPrevention #TechSecurity #CyberAttack
https://the-14.com/ms-cyber-attack-how-to-protect-yourself-from-sim-swap-fraud/
SK Telecom temporarily halts new customer acquisitions at 2,600 T World stores nationwide amid SIM card shortage, implements customer protection measures including automatic SIM protection service enrollment
#YonhapInfomax #SKTelecom #CustomerAcquisition #SIMCards #CustomerProtection #TWorldStores #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=61565
Kazakhstan to Curb SIM Card Issuance Amid Rising Digital Fraud
The 🇵🇱 Polish government has suggested new EU rules to ban the #anonymous purchase of #prepaid #SIMcards.
“The main threat associated with prepaid SIM cards is #anonymity,” says a document obtained by @statewatch and one cannot make one's disdain for #humanrights any clearer.
Extensive research has found no evidence that bans on anonymous purchases of SIM cards contribute to reducing #crime.
Минцифры РФ подготовило новые правила оказания услуг мобильной связи😐
▫️для заключения договора с оператором связи для абонентов будет введено подтверждение личности.
Иностранцы могут подтверждать личность по биометрии, граждане РФ — по биометрии, с помощью паспорта и портала госуслуг или через уполномоченную правительством РФ организацию, которую определят позднее;
▫️операторы связи, в свою очередь, будут уведомлять абонентов с превышенным лимитом по количеству сим-карт (для граждан РФ — не более 20, для иностранцев — не более 10);
▫️если клиенты не снизят количество сим-карт до дозволенного уровня, то им приостановят услуги мобильной связи по всем номерам.
Период для граждан РФ — до 1 ноября 2025 года, для иностранцев — до 1 июля 2025 года;
#sim #simcard #simcards #phone #rf
https://habr.com/en/news/843412/
Last time I visited the US I had to jump through hoops to get a physical SIM card to avoid paying exorbitant roaming charges.
This time I'm looking forward to using an eSIM for the first time. They seem to be cheaper and a lot less hassle to get hold of.
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