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Toronto Police arrests in Project Lighthouse SMS blaster case

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Canadian authorities arrested three men and seized SMS blaster devices in Project Lighthouse, a cybercrime case involving phishing texts that mimicked trusted senders. The enforcement action matters because the rogue cellular base stations could push fraudulent messages directly to nearby phones and temporarily cut victims off from legitimate network access and even emergency services. Investigators said the operation moved across the Greater Toronto Area, making the alleged phishing infrastructure harder to avoid at street level.

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Timeline

  1. 27.04.2026 23:00 1 articles · 29d ago

    Searches and seizures in Markham and Hamilton

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    Police conducted searches in Markham and Hamilton and seized multiple SMS blasters and other electronic devices used to mimic a legitimate cellular tower and deliver phishing texts to nearby phones.

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  2. 27.04.2026 23:00 2 articles · 29d ago

    Arrests and surrender in Project Lighthouse

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    Two suspects were arrested and a third man turned himself in, completing the immediate arrest phase of the Project Lighthouse enforcement action tied to the SMS blaster case.

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  3. 27.04.2026 23:00 1 articles · 29d ago

    Project Lighthouse disclosure of the SMS blaster case

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    Toronto Police said Project Lighthouse began in November 2025 after tips about suspicious activity in downtown Toronto, and investigators said the SMS blaster was the first such device spotted in Canada. Authorities also said the rogue cellular base station moved across the Greater Toronto Area, operated from vehicles, and may have caused 13 million cases of mobile network entrapment that temporarily blocked legitimate service and emergency services.

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