Digicel Pacific's network resources are likely being used by private spy firms to track unsuspecting people on the other side of the world and steal their call, message and location data, according to an expert cybersecurity analysis.
Once spy operations have obtained a global title and registered it on international phone networks, they can run their attacks using free software and hardware that costs as little as $200.
After OCCRP and the ABC shared Citizen Lab data with Telstra, the company responded by saying it had already terminated most of the Digicel Pacific global title leases. Telstra "will be exiting the small number of remaining leases by April 2024, or earlier, if investigations reveal they are acting outside of their contractual obligations," it said.The abuse of Digicel Pacific global titles dates back to before Telstra's purchase of the network., a European investigative newsroom, while reporting on Italian surveillance company Tykelab last year.
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