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That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
It's just normal crime
When the Secret Service traced back the messages, using radio “triangulation” (sic) to find the mobile phones, they found these SIM farms instead. The claim that they will likely find other such SIM farms in other cities likewise shows they understand this is a normal criminal activity and not any special national security threat. There are other types of accounts they might use, so they aren’t necessarily walking out of a Walmart with bags full of prepaid SIMs after clearing off the shelves, but it’s close enough.
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