A man is jailed for driving around Singapore with an “SMS blaster” device that sends more than 10,500 phishing messages to mobile phones. The messages are transmitted between October and November 2025.
Channel NewsAsia adds that, at one point, the man visits his sister while the device is still in his car, and he alerts her about phishing messages, including ones that target WhatsApp users. The Straits Times similarly focuses on the scale of the transmissions, reporting the total number of messages sent. Both accounts describe the use of automated messaging equipment to distribute phishing content, rather than a small number of manual messages.
While the outlets share core details about the device and the volume and timing of the phishing transmissions, they differ in emphasis: one highlights the numerical extent of the activity, and the other includes an incident involving the man warning a family member about phishing targeted at specific messaging users.
