Tag: disinformation
Two Malaysians Arrested for Using an IMSI-Catcher in the Philippines
Were they spying on phone users or committing fraud? Tense relations with China and the politicization of similar arrests makes it difficult to judge.
Amateur Sleuths Plot Route of Tokyo SMS Blaster and Other News about Fake Base Stations
We might need to start doing a regular global round-up of news involving crimes and fake base stations.
Philippines Arrests Two More Chinese for Using an IMSI-Catcher
Photographs of their equipment matched those from previous arrests, including the same distinctive orange power inverter.
Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics and STIR/SHAKEN
It is amazing how much fraud you can pretend to have mitigated if you invent measures of frauds that never happened.
Ukraine Police Raid Simbox Farms Spreading Russian Propaganda via 1.5 Million Fake Internet Accounts
About 300 GSM gateways and more than 100,000 SIM cards were seized in the operation.
US Military Caught Using Fake Social Media Accounts to Influence Foreign Opinion
Commanders responsible for psychological operations have been ordered to report to the government on how they use social media.
Academics Spread Misinformation about Misinformation on the Web
Cloudflare gets a lot of criticism but it is safer to trust their free speech policies than the slanted research of wannabe censors.
Ex-MI6 Spy Chief Says His Emails Were Hacked; Warns Against Simplistic Interpretation of Russia’s Methods
Russian disinformation portrayed Richard Dearlove as a leader of a pro-Brexit group that has overthrown the UK government.
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