Fake base station smishing affects 10,000 phones in Tokyo’s Ginza
A Chinese national was arrested on suspicion of using a vehicle-mounted fake base station in Tokyo’s Ginza district to disrupt NTT Docomo communications and send Chinese-language smishing messages to tourists. Police estimated that more than 10,000 mobile phones were affected over approximately two hours. They are investigating links to 18 reported cases involving losses of approximately ¥4 million.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- More than 10,000 mobile phones affected
- Cause / method
- Communications disrupted and Chinese-language smishing messages sent using a vehicle-mounted fake base station
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- The arrest of a suspect in the fake base station smishing case and an investigation into links to 18 reported cases became public.
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