DannyMac@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoUkraine takes down massive bot farm, seizes 150,000 SIM cardswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down114cross-posted to: slackernews@lemmy.worldworldnews@kbin.social
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minus-squareBlursty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat do they do with these SIM cards?
minus-squareSomeSphinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoFrom what I gather here in the comments, they use the sim cards to make the bots look like they’re actually posting from where the farm is located, since using a VPN would not be sufficient to hide their tracks.
What do they do with these SIM cards?
From what I gather here in the comments, they use the sim cards to make the bots look like they’re actually posting from where the farm is located, since using a VPN would not be sufficient to hide their tracks.