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An inside look at Léon Thévenin, the only undersea internet cable repair ship permanently stationed in Africa, operated by the French telecom company Orange (Rest of World)

Rest of World : An inside look at Léon Thévenin, the only undersea internet cable repair ship permanently stationed in Africa, operated b...

21 September 2025

As carriers deploy protections against fraudulent texts, scammers are using "SMS blasters" that impersonate base stations to send fake messages to nearby phones (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
As carriers deploy protections against fraudulent texts, scammers are using “SMS blasters” that impersonate base stations to send fake messages to nearby phones  —  Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers.

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