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'Beyond the financial risk, there are real public safety implications': Hackers crawled Canadian streets with SMS blasters, attacking every target in sight — causing 13 million network disruptions and hacking thousands of devices

  • Efosa Udinmwen--TechRadar
  • published date: 2026-05-01 22:05:00 UTC

Hackers used vehicle-mounted SMS blasters to impersonate networks, disrupt millions of connections, and infiltrate thousands of devices across Toronto streets.

<ul><li>Fake mobile towers forced phones to disconnect from legitimate networks nearby</li><li>Millions of disruptions revealed how easily cellular connections can be manipulated</li><li>Attackers re… [+3957 chars]