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Toronto Police Bust Mobile Smishing Network Targeting Thousands

ID: e4c40a1a-4d0c-53b7-9dcd-94638f6b7da5

STIX ID: report--e4c40a1a-4d0c-53b7-9dcd-94638f6b7da5

Feed Name: The Cyber Express

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-04-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

Author: Samiksha Jain

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The report outlines Project Lighthouse, a Toronto Police investigation that uncovered a mobile SMS-blaster operation using a vehicle-mounted rogue cellular tower to deliver smishing messages and disrupt service across the Greater Toronto Area; tens of thousands of devices connected, police recorded over 13 million network disruptions with potential impact to emergency services, and three suspects were charged and devices seized.

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