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ICE Dismantles Criminal SIM Farms
Elderberry:
Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 7/29/2026
Remember last year’s story about a “SIM farm” that was later linked to China? ICE just shut down a whole lot more.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) Homeland Security Investigations carried out a nationwide operation between June 22 and July 10 that dismantled “SIM farms” run by transnational criminal organizations.
SIM (subscriber identity module) farms are systems containing large numbers of SIM cards from different wireless carriers, often housed in banks of cellphones, modems, or specialized devices known as SIM boxes.
These can be used to send and receive bulk messages or calls and often exploit voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology to do so. Initially developed for legitimate purposes, the technology has become prominent among organized fraudsters targeting mass audiences through phishing texts, scam calls, and fraudulent online accounts.
The recent nationwide operation, dubbed Operation Signal Break, “dismantled critical command-and-control infrastructure used to perpetrate large-scale telecommunications fraud across the United States,” ICE said in a July 24 statement.
Authorities will now analyze the seized SIM data to identify victims and assess losses caused by such fraud. The illicit proceeds from the fraud, which are suspected to be linked to Chinese transnational criminal organizations and distribution networks, will be traced.
More: https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=72576
Cyber Liberty:
Remember when the establishment of a "Do Not Call" registry was supposed to stop Spam Callers on the phone? How well did that work?
DCPatriot:
--- Quote from: Cyber Liberty on Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 07:26 am ---Remember when the establishment of a "Do Not Call" registry was supposed to stop Spam Callers on the phone? How well did that work?
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I've traced my daily half-dozen SPAM calls from giving 7-11 my cell number...just to save $$ for my morning coffee and donut. :laugh:
Cyber Liberty:
--- Quote from: DCPatriot on Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 07:33 am ---I've traced my daily half-dozen SPAM calls from giving 7-11 my cell number...just to save $$ for my morning coffee and donut. :laugh:
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There's a hook in every lure....
DefiantMassRINO:
Just another list to sell to telemarketers and scammers.
Spoofing, if it is not already, should be a Federal Crime under Federal Telecommunications Commission rules and regulations. It's interstate wire fraud.
--- Quote from: Cyber Liberty on Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 07:26 am ---Remember when the establishment of a "Do Not Call" registry was supposed to stop Spam Callers on the phone? How well did that work?
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