What is an IOT card?

IOT card is an intelligent terminal equipment flow card provided by operators for IOT service enterprises.

This card is only for enterprise users to sell in batches, and is widely used in the fields of * * * enjoying bicycles, mobile payment, smart cities, vending machines and so on. , not for individual users. As the core of Internet of Things technology, IOT cards are widely used in intelligent terminal devices that need wireless networking, such as smart cities, vending machines, mobile payment, intelligent garbage sorting and so on.

From the appearance, there is no difference between IOT card and ordinary mobile phone SIM card. Functionally, both of them can realize wireless networking, sending and receiving short messages and other functions. However, the IOT card cannot make voice calls. Because the IOT card is very similar to the ordinary mobile phone SIM card, there are "flow cards" on the market that are difficult to distinguish between true and false. The particularity of "non-real-name authentication" makes IOT card a new tool for online fraud.

Potential hidden trouble

For the issuance, sale and purchase of IOT cards, although the real names of enterprise users have been verified, many online fraudsters still buy a large number of IOT cards without real-name authentication in the market, making them a new tool for cybercrime. In the current network-related crimes such as investment and financial fraud, online loans, part-time billing, money laundering and transfer, criminal gangs use IOT cards in large numbers.

The police in many places pointed out that the IOT card market is developing rapidly, but the control is obviously lagging behind, which gives fraudsters an opportunity and brings great risks to network security. A large number of IOT cards circulating in the market not only make it more convenient for non-enterprise users to use, but also give criminals an opportunity, and also let some "wool parties" wandering in the gray area discover new opportunities.