The patrons of the Czech Republic (Perun is with us) stated that the drone Geran 4 contained European SIM cards and had long been tested with Czech cards as well. They asked why operators could not disable the SIM cards when, according to them, Starlink could deactivate a modem flying at a speed of 500 km/h. They claimed that Ukrainian operators had not done this either and admitted that someone might have simply forgotten to instruct them to modify the software. The authors further stated that Geran can fly up to an altitude of 7 km and that the SIM card there "sees" more transmitters than from the ground, which could help reveal its unusual use. They estimated the costs of a solution to be at most hundreds of thousands of USD for each operator. They called on Europe to prepare and prevent the use of networks for attacks on western Ukraine. As a possible solution, they mentioned fraud management tools, which they claimed allow operators to disconnect a suspicious SIM card for several hours. They added that the reasons for inaction could also be money or the fact that operators were not addressing the problem themselves. They inquired with O2, Vodafone IT, TwiyKyivstar, TMobile, and lifecellua about why this could not be done. #Geran4 #Ukrajina #SIMkarty (translated)
