The New York “SIM farms” dismantled Tuesday by the U.S. Secret Service could have scammed citizens, but cellular operators and security experts say it would have had a hard time blacking out the ...

The UK is set to ban ‘sim farm’ devices in an effort to crack down on mobile phone scams and fraud (Yui Mok/PA Wire) The UK is set to ban ‘sim farm’ devices in an effort to crack down on mobile phone ...

Sim farm devices capable of holding multiple sim cards enabling scammers to send thousands of scam text messages at once are to be banned under plans to crack down on fraud. The ban, the first of its ...

A SIM card is, effectively, a portable identity token. Once compromised, it gives attackers a back door into bank accounts, digital wallets, investment apps, and high-risk transactional environments.