Illegal SIM that can disguise phone number and call voice is circulating in criminal organizations
Technology is making rapid progress in the criminal world as well, in order to evade police chasing. It is reported that the IT-based news media Motherboard reports that there are
The Secret SIMs Used By Criminals to Spoof Any Number
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7w9pw/russian-sims-encrypted
Illegal SIMs are circulating in underground crime groups, and they are called 'Russian SIM (Russian SIM)' 'Crypted SIM (encrypted SIM)' 'White SIM'. Illegal SIM not only disguises phone ciphers, it also changes the voice of users on the phone, enables unlimited data communication around the world, and has access to hacked PayPal and bank accounts. It seems that it can be added. In addition, it is said that all illegal SIMs are bought and sold by payment with bit coins.
Illegal SIM settings take only a few seconds, so anyone can use it easily. Of course, criminals often use such illegal SIM by inserting it into a special smartphone that can encrypt the call without the GPS and camera functions, instead of using a commercially available white ROM, and it is customized. Many criminal organizations sell smartphones and illegal SIM as a set.
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According to security researcher Karsten Nord, such illegal SIM communications are enabled by virtual mobile operators operated by illegal SIM operators.
According to Dominique Gingras, CEO of Secure Group, a communications company that specializes in privacy, illegal SIM connects to a dedicated server and the dedicated server makes a call on behalf of the user. Since it is a Russian company that operates this server, it is called 'Russian SIM'. According to the underground website manager who sells illegal SIM, it actually goes through poor countries where cheap phone access is possible, ``probably the person who buys illegal SIM is called'Russian SIM' There is a part that is attracted to the sound.'
These SIMs are sold in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, and YouTube has uploaded several movies explaining how to use illegal SIMs. In one movie, there is also a demonstration of inserting an illegal SIM into a Nokia mobile phone and making a call with an apparently disguised number '07777-777777'.
A source from criminal organizations told Motherboard that small businesses would go to various carriers around the world to get the data to sell with illegal SIMs, and tamper with the data for SIMs. It is said that they are purchasing in bulk. In other words, the data leaked by the telecommunications carrier is used for illegal SIM.
``Serious and organized criminals are mainstream secure messaging apps and cryptocurrency specifically designed for criminal purposes,'' said Matt Horn, Deputy Chief of Operations at the UK National Crime Prevention Agency (NCA). We are trying to escape law enforcement investigations through both communication platforms, but this encrypted telephone network is emerging on the lines of drug trafficking investigations and is now within reach.'' And comment. He said that with technological advances and international cooperation, he would capture networks using illegal SIMs and their users.
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