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A Success Story, In Which the MSOC Takes On a Pakistani GSM Network

SUMMARY

In March 2006, analysts working at the Misawa Security Operations Center discovered two Pakistani GSM cell phone infrastructure links and began sustained collection. In the following months they discovered and began spying on a total of 14 links. These GSM links "enable development and reporting on al-Qaeda senior leadership, which primarily uses GSM and C2C (computer-to-computer) modes of communication."

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Dec 11, 2006

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

May 29, 2019

TAGS

Pakistan