Europol Operation SIMCARTEL SIM-farm takedown
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Europol and partner authorities arrested seven suspects and seized a SIM-farm CaaS platform used for phishing and investment fraud, disrupting a cross-border cybercrime service that powered fraudulent account creation and telecom abuse.
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19.10.2025 09:13 1 articles · 7mo ago
Website takeover and server dismantlement of GoGetSMS infrastructure
Legal Policy Action UpdateAuthorities took over gogetsms[.]com and apisim[.]com on October 10, 2025, displaying seizure banners and dismantling five servers tied to a SIM-farm cybercrime service used for anonymous communication, fake account creation, and fraud enablement.
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- Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Network Powering 49 Million Fake Accounts Worldwide — thehackernews.com — 19.10.2025 09:13
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Europol announces Operation SIMCARTEL disruption
Initial DisclosureEuropol announced Operation SIMCARTEL with authorities from Austria, Estonia, Finland, and Latvia and support from Eurojust, describing a SIM-farm CaaS platform used for phishing, smishing, investment fraud, extortion, migrant smuggling, CSAM distribution, and more than 49 million online accounts; the action involved 26 searches, seven arrests, 1,200 SIM box devices, 40,000 active SIM cards, frozen assets, and attributed losses in Austria and Latvia.
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- Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Network Powering 49 Million Fake Accounts Worldwide — thehackernews.com — 19.10.2025 09:13
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