That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogusIt’s just normal crimeRobert GrahamSep 23, 2025111Sharehttps://x.com/i/grok/share/h5A4DdZwieAQWUjH20zSP9CDc Today, the Secret Service announced they foiled some big national security threat. Major news organizations (e.g. NYTimes) have repeated their claims without questioning them.The story is bogus.What they discovered was just normal criminal enterprise, banks of thousands of cell “phones” (sic) used to send spam or forward international calls using local phone numbers. Technically, it may even be legitimate enterprise, being simply a gateway between a legitimate VoIP provider and the mobile phone network.The backstory is a Secret Service investigation into threats sent to politicians via SMS messages. The miscreant used one of this spam…
