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  1. 📱 Pakistan News | GTVNewsHD

    PTA has banned SIM card sales across Pakistan from midnight to 6am in an effort to curb illegal SIM issuance and strengthen telecom security.

    #GTVNewsHD #PTA #SIMCards #Pakistan #BreakingNews
    gtvnewshd.com/pakistan/2026/05

  2. 📱 Pakistan News | GTVNewsHD

    PTA has banned SIM card sales across Pakistan from midnight to 6am in an effort to curb illegal SIM issuance and strengthen telecom security.

    #GTVNewsHD #PTA #SIMCards #Pakistan #BreakingNews
    gtvnewshd.com/pakistan/2026/05

  3. 📱 Pakistan News | GTVNewsHD

    PTA has banned SIM card sales across Pakistan from midnight to 6am in an effort to curb illegal SIM issuance and strengthen telecom security.

    #GTVNewsHD #PTA #SIMCards #Pakistan #BreakingNews
    gtvnewshd.com/pakistan/2026/05

  4. Wednesday, February 19, 2026

    Are dollars replacing diplomacy in US-Russia talks? -- Russian mothership drones push Ukraine to consider SIM card passport rules -- Putin would starve Russians before ending war, Browder says in video/vlog --- Ukraine strikes yet another oil depot in Russia's Pskov Oblast, targets Belgorod with missiles, leaving blackouts ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  5. Wednesday, February 19, 2026

    Are dollars replacing diplomacy in US-Russia talks? -- Russian mothership drones push Ukraine to consider SIM card passport rules -- Putin would starve Russians before ending war, Browder says in video/vlog --- Ukraine strikes yet another oil depot in Russia's Pskov Oblast, targets Belgorod with missiles, leaving blackouts ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  6. Wednesday, February 19, 2026

    Are dollars replacing diplomacy in US-Russia talks? -- Russian mothership drones push Ukraine to consider SIM card passport rules -- Putin would starve Russians before ending war, Browder says in video/vlog --- Ukraine strikes yet another oil depot in Russia's Pskov Oblast, targets Belgorod with missiles, leaving blackouts ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  7. Wednesday, February 19, 2026

    Are dollars replacing diplomacy in US-Russia talks? -- Russian mothership drones push Ukraine to consider SIM card passport rules -- Putin would starve Russians before ending war, Browder says in video/vlog --- Ukraine strikes yet another oil depot in Russia's Pskov Oblast, targets Belgorod with missiles, leaving blackouts ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  8. Wednesday, February 19, 2026

    Are dollars replacing diplomacy in US-Russia talks? -- Russian mothership drones push Ukraine to consider SIM card passport rules -- Putin would starve Russians before ending war, Browder says in video/vlog --- Ukraine strikes yet another oil depot in Russia's Pskov Oblast, targets Belgorod with missiles, leaving blackouts ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  9. Europol Takes Down Cybercrime Network in Latvia, Seizes $330,000 in Crypto

    Europol has seized $330,000 in crypto and arrested seven individuals as part of the takedown of a cybercrime-as-a-service…
    #Latvia #LV #Europe #Europa #EU #Europol #Jaunumi #latvia #Latvija #SIMcards
    europesays.com/2511962/

  10. #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
    wired.com/story/sim-farm-new-y
    archive.ph/afvqq

  11. #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
    wired.com/story/sim-farm-new-y
    archive.ph/afvqq

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    wired.com/story/sim-farm-new-y
    archive.ph/afvqq

  13. #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
    wired.com/story/sim-farm-new-y
    archive.ph/afvqq

  14. #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
    wired.com/story/sim-farm-new-y
    archive.ph/afvqq

  15. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/24/ars-technica-us-uncovers-100000-sim-cards-that-could-have-shut-down-nyc-cell-network/

  16. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/24/ars-technica-us-uncovers-100000-sim-cards-that-could-have-shut-down-nyc-cell-network/

  17. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/24/ars-technica-us-uncovers-100000-sim-cards-that-could-have-shut-down-nyc-cell-network/

  18. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/24/ars-technica-us-uncovers-100000-sim-cards-that-could-have-shut-down-nyc-cell-network/

  19. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/24/ars-technica-us-uncovers-100000-sim-cards-that-could-have-shut-down-nyc-cell-network/

  20. 🚨😅 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. 📱🔍
    tedium.co/2025/09/23/secret-se #NYCtelecomraid #SIMcards #JamesBond #crimeboring #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

  21. 🚨😅 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. 📱🔍
    tedium.co/2025/09/23/secret-se #NYCtelecomraid #SIMcards #JamesBond #crimeboring #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

  22. 🚨😅 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. 📱🔍
    tedium.co/2025/09/23/secret-se #NYCtelecomraid #SIMcards #JamesBond #crimeboring #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

  23. 🚨😅 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. 📱🔍
    tedium.co/2025/09/23/secret-se #NYCtelecomraid #SIMcards #JamesBond #crimeboring #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

  24. 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.' "

    Read more:
    usatoday.com/story/news/nation

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/nWu9B

    #1000SIMCards #CyberAttack #SystemVulnerabilities #ConnectedGrids #TechDisruption #DisruptiveTechnology
    #Landlines #TechVulnerability #OneThousandSIMCards

  25. 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.' "

    Read more:
    usatoday.com/story/news/nation

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/nWu9B

    #1000SIMCards #CyberAttack #SystemVulnerabilities #ConnectedGrids #TechDisruption #DisruptiveTechnology
    #Landlines #TechVulnerability #OneThousandSIMCards

  26. 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.' "

    Read more:
    usatoday.com/story/news/nation

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/nWu9B

    #1000SIMCards #CyberAttack #SystemVulnerabilities #ConnectedGrids #TechDisruption #DisruptiveTechnology
    #Landlines #TechVulnerability #OneThousandSIMCards

  27. 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.' "

    Read more:
    usatoday.com/story/news/nation

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/nWu9B

    #1000SIMCards #CyberAttack #SystemVulnerabilities #ConnectedGrids #TechDisruption #DisruptiveTechnology
    #Landlines #TechVulnerability #OneThousandSIMCards

  28. 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.' "

    Read more:
    usatoday.com/story/news/nation

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/nWu9B

    #1000SIMCards #CyberAttack #SystemVulnerabilities #ConnectedGrids #TechDisruption #DisruptiveTechnology
    #Landlines #TechVulnerability #OneThousandSIMCards

  29. 📡 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
    cbsnews.com/news/u-s-secret-se #SecretService #TelecomNetwork #SIMcards #Heroes #HackerNews #ngated

  30. 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
    security-explorations.com/esim

  31. 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
    security-explorations.com/esim

  32. 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
    security-explorations.com/esim

  33. 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
    security-explorations.com/esim