- Pakistani spy network busted in Jt Operation of Mil Intelligence, Mumbai Crime Branch
- Pak agencies try to use illegal VoIP to extract Ladakh standoff details
- 1 suspect arrested, hunt on for more culprits
- Defence 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 international 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 India.
- 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.