this is a follow on to a story from last week where the Secret Service shut down a n operation that could have performed “swatting” and DDOS (denial of service by oversaturating calls to a phone line or computer server).
Apparently there could be up to a hundred more of them sprinkled around the US.
I’m thinking this is where all the SPAM calls for me to buy more insurance are coming from (sarc).
China Reportedly Operated SIM Farm Network Designed To Crash NYC Cell Networks | ZeroHedge
… We might take the time to consider other likely candidates … one of our own myriad of 3, 4, 5 or more letter agencies. Russia, Russia, Russia - Ukraine, Israel, any of the countries we have invaded and or overthrown since WW II, shall I go on? Maybe it is a little early in this game to say tag.
In as much as there are relatively few electrical transformers/nodes across USA which need to be taken out to disable most of the grids across the country, there are similar nodes in ICT networks, more difficult to get at, but maybe that’s what these Chinese phone farms are about probing for these to compliment their kill chips in any Chinese made devices used by the public.
… the secret word is Substations.
More than just electrical connector/substation nodes also cyber node nodes controlling the plant. http://www.na-businesspress.com/JABE/JABE22-7/11_MelliganFinal.pdf
… no power no cyber anything. Wouldn’t power come first?
Cyber attack can shutdown the power generation and switching…something like Stuxnet (US / Israeli Malware) which sold on to several countries. That would do the job nicely, or one would only need to inventory networks, identify the IP address / location for a common programmable logic circuits or applications across the network, to hack or to have physically supplied as a component.
But geewhiz the cybersecurity industry is calling all wannabes. Good promo.
Here’s an interesting vid about those SIM farms. Comments are somewhat interesting with some saying these farms are a way for foreigners to get around expensive international calling rates by using the SIM farms in a VPN phone over internet technique.