Your Phone is at Risk Too - Mobile Fake Base Station SMS Phishing Cases and Countermeasures

This is actually happening! Check if your phone is being hacked right now.
Hidden mobile base stations in cars are secretly approaching people.
A text arrives on your phone: “Emergency! Your account has been hacked. Check immediately”
In a panic, you click the link and enter your password… and soon cash is stolen from your account.
It sounds like a movie plot, but this is actually happening in real life.

In March 2025, a Chinese student in London drove around in an SUV for 5 days, sending smishing text messages to tens of thousands of people.
Similar incidents of fake text messages being distributed occurred in Bangkok, Thailand, Malaysia, and New Zealand.

Let’s find out what’s really happening and what we need to do about it.