Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office: Cell-site Simulator
A Harris Corporation Stingray II cell-site simulator.
Credit: USPTO
| Agency | Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office |
| Location | Annapolis, MD |
| Technology | Cell-site Simulator |
| Vendor | KeyW |
The Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office purchased a KeyW cell-site simulator for $546,160. Previously, the sheriff had a Stingray II cell-site simulator from Harris Corp.
Links
Public records (Anne Arundel Sheriff's Department)
News article (Capital News Service)
News article (Vocativ)
Other (github.com)
More about this technology
Cell-site simulators, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers, are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower.
A Harris Corporation Stingray II cell-site simulator.
Credit: USPTO