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That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus (cybersect.substack.com)

submitted 1 week ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This Substack’s subdomain is blocked by my fake news filter so now I’m left wondering: who’s wrong?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here's a more even-handed take from Wired: http://archive.today/uwx3J

They suppose that scamming/spamming is the main purpose behind the SIM farm, rather than deliberately crashing the cell network.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

The Wired story says the same thing but with more context and less "trust me, bro".

They are both interesting reads.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everything that dude says passes the sniff test: it seems like it could be explained as a run of the mill criminal spamming operation. The Secret Service story doesn't offer evidence that there's anyone extraordinary about it.

FWIW the dude also makes a number of unsupported statements that seem to be "trust me bro, I'm a hacker". The statements aren't outlandish, so maybe.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 1 week ago

I think the mainstream news sources claiming this is some attack on the cellular networks and/or the UN are wrong for sure.

I’m not sure what he said but the headline makes it sound like the entire story (finding the equipment) is bogus.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

The most telling detail is the least technical. Why include the distance to the UN when that number is 35 miles?