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The details are skimpy. In a CNN article we can see photos and mention that these were housed in apartment units and perhaps other rentals. https://www.cnn.com
by aesh2Xa1 1y ago
The details are skimpy. In a CNN article we can see photos and mention that these were housed in apartment units and perhaps other rentals.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/us/swatting-investigation-server-network-discovered https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/us/swatting-investigation-ser...
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While the headline on NYT highlights an attack on the towers for disruption, the CNN piece gives more weight to two other uses: (1) criminal communication network and (2) swatting.
I think those two make sense. The SIMs would probably hold US numbers and would appear authentic for accessing the US operators' networks.
- jacquesm 1y ago(2) is the thing that brought attention of LE on these, and likely was a very dumb move by one of the users of this system. If just (1) they could have kept it going for much longer, (2) is what brought it down.