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Vendors Late to Recognize the Serious Threat of Cell-Site Simulators
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2024
by Michael Thompson
published in Criminal Legal News
February, 2024, page 49
Filed under:
Commentary/Reviews,
Police State-Surveillance,
Cell-Phone Location/Tracking Data.
Location:
United States of America.
by Michael Dean Thompson
Cell-site simulators (“CSS”), also known by the brand name Stingray and more generically as IMSI Catchers, have permitted governments to spy on each other, hackers to install zero-click malware, and stalkers to track the location of their targets. They work by taking advantage of some of ...
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