The Department of Homeland Security has acknowledged the presence of what appear to be unauthorized mobile surveillance devices in the Washington, D.C. area and elsewhere in the United States that could be exploited by foreign spies to track and intercept phone calls. The devices, often referred to as Stingrays after a popular model made by Harris Corp., imitate a cell tower to capture caller location and other associated data. While they have been used by U.S. law enforcement for years, their use for foreign espionage in the U.S. has been a source of speculation. In a March 26 letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., obtained by CyberScoop and other news outlets, DHS’s National Protection and Programs Directorate said the department has observed “anomalous activity” in or near the nation’s capital that “appears to be consistent” with such surveillance devices, which are also called international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catchers. The NPPD has not validated or attributed […]
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