Pakistani spy network busted in Jt Operation of Mil Intelligence, Mumbai Crime Branch

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  • Pakistani spy network busted in Jt Operation of Mil Intelligence, Mumbai Crime Branch
  • Pak agencies try to use illegal VoIP to extract standoff details
  • 1 suspect arrested, hunt on for more culprits
  • personnel get calls from suspicious numbers
  • Incoming calls from Pakistan routed to local numbers
  • Illegal VoIP used to call local exchange of the Army's 14 Corps,
  • Sought info regarding deployment, Ladakh Face-off.
  • Sources said We are are trained to report suspicious calls by Pakistan Intelligence operatives (PIO).
  • The calls are innocuous in nature; the caller often poses as an Indian intelligence officer.
  • The exchanges converted voice calls originating from Pakistan into local GSM calls using Chinese SIM Boxes (boxes fitted with GSM SIM cards of local cellular service providers).
  • The SIM boxes used a dynamic IMEI system that made them difficult to track. This system has been declared illegal by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of .
  • Few VoIP exchanges were operational in Mumbai
  • In a joint operation on May 28, the Crime Branch and MI unit were successful in busting illegal VoIP exchange/SIM boxes.

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