@nimkef Are you aware that security of the Channel Islands’ mobile phone networks is suspect, particularly smaller operators across the islands which haven't plugged well-known vulnerabilities?
Some operators have leased network access to surveillance businesses, allowing mobile phones to be tracked around the world.
thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2020-1…
thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2020-1…
The Israeli private intel company Rayzone Group appears to have had access to the global telecoms network via Sure, a mobile operator in the Channel Islands, in the first 1/2 of 2018, potentially enabling its clients at that time to globally track mobile phone locations.
Invoices seen by the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism suggest Rayzone, a corporate spy agency that provides clients with geolocation tools, used an intermediary in 2018 to lease an access point into the telecoms network via Sure Guernsey. Owner: Batelco Group
The Bahrain Telecommunications Company is a shareholder in Sure.
Abdul Razak Abdulla Hasan Al Qassim
Abdulrahman Yusuf bin Yusuf Fakhro
offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/82021674
Abdul Razak Abdulla Hasan Al Qassim
Abdulrahman Yusuf bin Yusuf Fakhro
offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/82021674
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism quoting industry experts says attacks coming from the Channel Islands seem to target individuals rather than being mass surveillance cases. They access “private information on targets such as location information, call content, messages”.
"Independent intelligence companies can lease access points (global titles) to local telecommunication networks and then use them to access SS7 and send signals to phone around the world to track users’ locations, something currently used by the telecom operators."
Rayzone collects info on smartphone users and sells police and governments devices to intercept mobile data. Also has been selling a tool called Echo that's built on data collected from mobile apps. Rayzone describes Echo as a Global Virtual Sigint system.
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
"The target is not aware of the monitoring and can't avoid it"
Sounds very like the method used to geolocate Jamal Khashoggi. Rayzone-Echo-Sure
Israeli developers-Channel Islands exploiters-Bahraini shareholders
Search ECHO-Global-Virtual-SIGINT-Overview
Sounds very like the method used to geolocate Jamal Khashoggi. Rayzone-Echo-Sure
Israeli developers-Channel Islands exploiters-Bahraini shareholders
Search ECHO-Global-Virtual-SIGINT-Overview
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