Author: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 2, 2025 / The market doesn’t reward talk. It rewards proof. Nowhere is that more obvious than in the debate over supply chain circularity. Recycling pledges and sustainability headlines have been plentiful, but hard evidence of what’s really moving through the system has been scarce. That’s where SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) comes in. It provides the proof that has long been missing, embedding molecular markers directly into materials and positioning itself as the ultimate facilitator of material efficiency.

And that’s the real shift-SMX doesn’t just support sustainability, it hardwires it. Its technology transforms good intentions into a functioning system. By creating a living ledger of how resources are used, reused, and monetized, it moves the conversation from pledges to proof. This isn’t a badge of honor manufacturers can pin to an ESG report-it’s a framework that makes products, and the promises behind them, measurable and enforceable. Proof no longer lives in paperwork. It lives in the product itself.

This isn’t theory. SMX has already shown the model works across global industries. In Latin America, it traced natural rubber from the tree to the tire, setting a precedent for transparency in one of the world’s most complex supply chains. In Europe, it has marked metals, proving that high-value resources can be audited with precision. In Asia, it brought material efficiency to textiles, giving global brands a way to turn sustainability claims into hard data. These aren’t pilots. They are building blocks of a new system where proof is the currency of circular economies.

Now comes the U.S. chapter. By teaming with Tradepro, a leader in plastics recycling and distribution, SMX is pushing material efficiency straight into the American market. The entry point is food-grade plastics-one of the toughest, most regulated categories. If SMX’s earlier projects proved the model globally, this deal proves that material efficiency can now anchor itself in the largest consumer market on the planet.

From Tradepro’s History to a Shared Future

Tradepro’s history is a story of scale. With decades in plastics sourcing, recycling, and distribution, the company has kept manufacturers supplied and costs in check while navigating the volatility of global markets. That track record makes it the perfect U.S. partner for SMX. Material efficiency has always been about more than recycling-it’s about lowering costs, strengthening supply chains, and making better use of scarce resources. Tradepro knows those pressures firsthand.

For Tradepro, the partnership unlocks a new opportunity: the ability to offer proof as part of its value chain. SMX’s markers survive every stage of production-resin, compounding, molding, packaging-and can be verified without damaging the product. That means every shipment of recycled material is no longer just material. It’s certified efficient, auditable, and defensible.

For SMX, Tradepro delivers a ready-made network. Instead of entering the U.S. market cold, SMX is stepping into established distribution lines that touch industries across the country. That’s how material efficiency moves from concept to standard: by embedding itself into the companies that already keep supply chains running.

Proof as Currency in Food-Grade Plastics

Food-grade plastics are where the stakes are highest. Regulators demand the strictest standards, consumers demand transparency, and brands face heavy penalties for falling short. Until now, recycled content in food packaging has been a numbers game based on trust-audits, certifications, and self-reported claims. In other words, a shaky system.

SMX’s FDA-compliant markers rewrite that equation. Every bottle, wrapper, and container can now carry its own invisible passport, verified on demand and tied to blockchain records. That turns material efficiency from an aspiration into an asset. Companies no longer have to guess or argue about compliance-they can scan and know.

The impact is enormous. Compliance becomes simpler, ESG claims become bulletproof, and recycled content takes on tangible value. In effect, material efficiency itself becomes tradable. This isn’t just about greener packaging. It’s about proving efficiency at the molecular level and turning that proof into economic leverage.

A First Step Into the U.S. Market

Global projects have already proven SMX’s reach. Rubber, metals, textiles-each has shown that material efficiency can be embedded across industries. But the U.S. market is its own test of scale. It’s where regulation, supply chain fragility, and investor attention collide. The Tradepro alliance marks SMX’s first major step into this arena, placing the company directly in one of the most pressing sectors.

The timing couldn’t be sharper. States like California are enforcing strict recycled content laws, federal regulators are circling with broader mandates, and companies face real costs for missing the mark. Material efficiency isn’t a nice-to-have in this environment. It’s survival. And SMX offers the one thing that cuts through the noise: auditable proof.

There’s also the economic side. By proving recycled content locally, SMX and Tradepro reduce reliance on imported feedstock, lower transportation costs, and strengthen domestic supply chains. That’s material efficiency at its most practical-doing more with what’s already here and cutting the hidden costs out of the loop.

Building the Arsenal

Step back, and the bigger strategy is clear. SMX isn’t collecting projects-it’s building an arsenal of proof points that turn material efficiency into global infrastructure. Natural rubber, textiles in Europe, metals with memory, and now plastics in the U.S. Every partnership is another branch growing from the same trunk: embedding proof at the molecular level and scaling it across the economy.

That arsenal matters because sustainability doesn’t move on good intentions. It moves on systems that make efficiency measurable and enforceable. SMX’s technology, backed by block-chain records and digital assets, is that system. It transforms waste into certified value and redefines efficiency as a financial standard, not just an environmental goal.

And that’s the story that should grab every stakeholder’s attention. This mission isn’t about plastics in isolation or rubber or textiles alone. It’s about SMX creating the architecture of a new economy where material efficiency isn’t just tracked-it’s traded. Proof has become the new currency, and SMX isn’t just minting it. It’s building the marketplace.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 2, 2025 / The most dangerous plots don’t look cinematic. They look ordinary. A server rack in a rented apartment. A shipment of SIM cards that look no different than millions already in circulation. A cloned router indistinguishable from the real thing. That’s the camouflage of modern conflict – weapons that hide in plain sight until they scale fast enough to bring entire systems to their knees.

That’s why SMX (Security Matters) (NASDAQ:SMX) belongs at the center of this discussion. Its technology embeds invisible molecular markers into plastics, chips, metals, and, yes, telecom hardware, giving every component a permanent, auditable identity. It also makes a product that once passed as anonymous suddenly become verifiable in seconds. That flips the advantage. Scale without accountability becomes impossible.

When investigators uncovered more than 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards staged in New York apartments, they weren’t exposing fraud. They were staring at a logistics operation waiting to transform into a weapon. One activation could have jammed towers, suffocated emergency lines, and forced the United States to respond as though the country were under attack. The chilling truth is that geography offers no protection. These aren’t threats brewing in foreign bunkers; they’re assembled on our doorstep.

History That We Don’t Ever Want To Repeat

And history shows what happens when surprise meets unpreparedness. Pearl Harbor began with a morning of shock but expanded into four years of global war. 9/11 took less than two hours but ignited two decades of conflict. The pattern is always the same: the first strike is not the end, it’s the trigger. If those SIMs had lit up at the wrong moment, hospitals would have scrambled, financial markets would have frozen, and the political response would have been immediate escalation. Quiet attacks force loud responses, and escalation is the true enemy.

That is the urgency SMX was built to address. For too long, supply chains have been treated as procurement problems. In reality, they are the front lines of national defense. Forensics may eventually trace counterfeit parts back to their origin, but by then the damage is done. Prevention is the only margin that matters, and prevention begins with proof at the component level.

SMX delivers that proof. Its system embeds unique chemical signatures into every part and ties them to an immutable ledger. The result is a machine-readable identity that instantly answers three questions: where did this component come from, who handled it, and is it the same one that passed certification? A cloned SIM fails before it activates. A counterfeit router never makes it onto the grid. A nuclear sensor without a verified chain of custody is rejected outright. Proof doesn’t just expose counterfeit – it destroys anonymity, and with it, the ability to weaponize scale.

The Doctrine of “Proof”

This is the doctrine modern security demands. The next Pearl Harbor or 9/11 won’t arrive with bombs or planes. It will arrive with silence: emergency channels drowned, grids stalled, sensors blinded. But if every device carries an auditable identity, the logistics behind these attacks collapse. Escalation never begins because the opening bell never tolls.

SMX has already proven this model in industries where authenticity is currency, from certifying recycled plastics to securing complex supply chains. The same molecular fingerprint that validates a polymer can validate a telecom chip. The same ledger that authenticates steel can authenticate grid hardware. Proof is transferable, and so is deterrence.

The future of security won’t be written by bigger arsenals or more retaliation. It will be written by who controls proof. SMX turns prevention into policy, certainty into strategy, and proof into the most valuable form of defense. The threats are already here. The difference between panic and prevention is whether we choose to embed proof before the attack ever arrives.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 30, 2025 / COP 29 came and went like the 28 before it: speeches polished to perfection, headlines filled with urgency, and an outcome that changed almost nothing. Three decades of summits and still the world burns plastics instead of recycling them, still accepts fire-safety claims that collapse under pressure, and still mistakes diplomacy for progress.

The UN Plastics Treaty conferences have followed the same pattern. Intent has never been the issue. Nations arrive with lofty goals, banners of ambition, and carefully worded declarations. But years of negotiations have delivered the same story arc: bold frameworks that wither under pressure, vague targets that slip quietly off the agenda, and another round of meetings scheduled to “finalize” what was supposed to be settled long ago. The intent deserves praise. The outcomes deserve scrutiny.

That is why SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) matters. Where diplomacy has stalled, SMX brings enforcement at the molecular level. Its technology embeds proof directly into materials, transforming promises into verifiable results and making sustainability measurable, enforceable, and trusted across borders.

The difference comes down to language. Diplomacy speaks in pledges, policies, and position papers. SMX speaks in proof. One can be debated. The other can be scanned. And in a world drowning in broken promises, only proof can cut through the noise.

Diplomacy Requires A Universal Language of Proof
The uncomfortable truth is this: diplomacy has had its chance. Nearly thirty years of it. The language has evolved, the communiqués have lengthened, and the photo ops have multiplied. However, emissions continue to rise, plastics accumulate, and real-world safety disasters persist, underscoring that promises are no substitute for proof.

Diplomacy falters because consensus is fragile. Every nation arrives with different priorities, and every delegate guards their own interests; the result is watered-down targets that no one can measure or enforce. Policy by negotiation always collapses on contact with reality.

Technology, by contrast, is universal. A molecular marker embedded into plastic in Singapore works the same way in Sweden, South Korea, or São Paulo. A scan confirming flame-retardant safety in Canada is identical to one in California. Proof doesn’t care about borders, politics, or bargaining positions. It is the one language every regulator, insurer, manufacturer, and consumer can understand.

That’s why SMX’s system is so disruptive. It creates clarity where negotiation creates fog. Every recycled material, every under-the-radar plastic, every safety claim is no longer a matter of debate but a matter of fact.

From Ballrooms to Factory Floors
The futility of COP 29 and the UN Plastics Treaty wasn’t just their failure to achieve consensus; it was the spectacle of it all. Delegates fly in, luxury hotels are booked, gala dinners are staged – and then the same empty pledges are recycled alongside the plastics they never manage to regulate. The problem is not a lack of ambition; it is the absence of enforcement.

SMX bypasses that cycle entirely. In Singapore, its work with A*STAR is turning national policy into an enforceable reality through a plastics passport platform. In Europe, its planned partnership with REDWAVE brings verification to the factory floor, where compliance is measured continuously in real-time. And in North America, with NAFRA, flame-retardant safety is finally shifting from datasheets to molecular scans.

This is how change actually scales. Not through press releases at the close of conferences, but through tools embedded in production lines, products, and supply chains. Technology is enforcement. Enforcement is trust. And trust is the foundation of functioning markets.

The End of Negotiated Sustainability
The era of negotiated sustainability is over. It has been tried, and it has failed. What COP 29 and the UN Plastics Treaty proved, if nothing else, is that words alone cannot change the physics of plastics, the chemistry of fire, or the economics of waste. Those realities yield only to technology that works at the level where the problems exist: inside the materials themselves.

SMX represents that shift. It isn’t another pledge, another target, or another diplomatic declaration. It is a platform where governments can regulate with certainty, industries can operate with confidence, insurers can price risk accurately, and consumers can trust the products in their hands.

Diplomacy was supposed to deliver that. It never did. Technology just did.

And history will not remember the meals in Paris, Geneva, or Dubai. It will remember the moment sustainability stopped being negotiated and started being proven – molecule by molecule.

About SMX
As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements
The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 1, 2025 / History’s most famous breach was not a battle at all. It was a gift. The Trojan Horse slipped past the gates of Troy not because it was stronger than the walls, but because no one questioned its origin. A failure of provenance turned a symbol of victory into the instrument of defeat. That lesson has echoed for centuries, and today’s security challenges are repeating the same flaw. Modern “horses” do not arrive carved from wood. They arrive as chips, routers, sensors, and SIM cards.

The recent discovery of 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards hidden in New York apartments proves how alive that lesson is. What appeared to be ordinary hardware was actually logistics for disruption, staged on our doorstep and waiting for activation. If switched on, those devices could have jammed emergency channels, severed hospital communications, and overwhelmed networks in minutes. Escalation would not have been optional. It would have been immediate, and history has already shown the consequences when societies are forced to react instead of prevent.

That is why SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) matters. The company’s technology is designed to close the very gap Troy ignored: the failure to question what comes through the gates. By embedding microscopic molecular markers into plastics, chips, and telecom hardware, SMX creates a permanent, machine-readable identity for every component. Proof at the material level prevents infiltration at scale. In today’s context, SMX is building the defense that makes the modern Trojan Horse impossible.

SMX Turns Provenance Into Prevention

Attacks today are not about spectacle; they are about silence. Phone’s dead. Grids stalled. Sensors blind. That is the nightmare modern society faces – a quiet attack that forces a loud response. Once escalation begins, history shows how quickly it consumes years, treasure, and stability. Prevention cannot be a talking point. It has to be embedded into the infrastructure itself.

SMX delivers prevention in the form of proof. Its molecular markers cannot be scrubbed, cloned, or faked. They turn anonymous components into verifiable assets that can be authenticated in seconds. A cloned SIM is flagged the moment it attempts to activate. A counterfeit router is blocked before it can join the grid. A nuclear sensor without a verified chain of custody is denied entry outright. In the same way the Greeks “gifted” soldiers into Troy, adversaries today rely on counterfeit parts to bypass defenses. SMX eliminates its cover.

This approach also eliminates reliance on luck or coincidence to expose plots. Forensics might eventually trace counterfeit hardware after an attack, but by then the damage has already spread. SMX makes verification proactive. One scan answers the only questions that matter: where did this part come from, who handled it, and is it the same one that cleared certification? By collapsing the time gap attackers depend on, SMX prevents escalation before it begins.

Closing History’s Oldest Loophole

The Trojan Horse endures as a story because it captures a timeless truth: defenses fall not from lack of strength, but from misplaced trust. Adversaries today exploit the same weakness. They do not need to break down the gates if they can sneak in disguised as ordinary components. That flaw, left unaddressed, guarantees history repeats itself with modern materials instead of wooden gifts.

SMX offers a different ending. Its technology is already proven in industries where authenticity is non-negotiable – from recycled plastics to industrial metals to luxury goods. The same molecular fingerprint that validates a polymer can validate a telecom chip. The same ledger that authenticates steel can authenticate grid hardware. Fraud is fraud, whether it undermines commerce or national defense, and SMX collapses it at the source.

The lesson from Troy is not just a cautionary tale; it is also a poignant reminder. It is a roadmap for how to avoid catastrophe. Societies fall when they wait to respond. They endure when they question, verify, and prevent. SMX is building the tools to close history’s oldest loophole. By embedding proof into the smallest parts of modern infrastructure, it ensures that the next Trojan Horse is stopped at the gate, long before it can bring down the city inside.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 25, 2025 / They found 300 SIM servers and more than 100,000 SIM cards parked in abandoned apartments inside a 35-mile ring of Manhattan. That was not a garden-variety spammer. That was an industrial logistics play built to disappear into the noise until it became the noise. The Secret Service says the network could have sent tens of millions of messages per minute, jammed cell towers, and blocked emergency channels at a moment when world leaders were in the city. That is the scale problem. Scale turns cheap chips into national weapons.

If you want to be scary authentic, start by admitting what this operation proves. Threat actors no longer need exotic hardware or Hollywood-level budgets. They need supply chains that will not be questioned, components that are fungible by design, and a way to stage mass activation in the right place at the right time. That is the vulnerability the SIM farm exposed. It is also the vulnerability SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) was built to close.

Here is the blunt difference between a forensic report and prevention. Forensics tells you what happened after the fact, and often it takes weeks to untangle. Prevention means every single physical component that touches a critical network carries a verifiable, tamper-evident identity from origin to activation. That identity must be machine-readable in minutes, not human-readable in months. SMX’s platform is exactly that kind of identity layer.

Stopping The Clock Through Molecular Level Proof

How SMX stops a SIM farm in its tracks starts with the ingredient level. SMX embeds microscopic, chemically unique molecular markers into plastics and electronic housings, and ties those markers to an immutable record. When a reader scans the device, the system answers three questions in seconds. Where did this component originate, who handled it, and is this the same part that passed certification? If a SIM card suddenly activates far from its assigned chain of custody, the activation is not just suspicious. It is an auditable event logged in a ledger that cannot be rewritten. That shifts the balance from reactive to proactive.

Put another way, an army of anonymous SIMs is only anonymous if provenance systems accept anonymity. Add provable molecular identity, and the entire trade in disposable, cloned parts collapses. Carriers and regulators can set activation policies that refuse service to non-verified hardware. Investigators can trace hardware to the warehouse, the shipment, and the wallet that bought the parts.

That single change turns weeks of forensic digging into minutes of machine proof. The attack does not need to be perfect. It just needs to be undiscoverable. Proof makes it discoverable.

Deployment Instead of Contemplation

Technology without deployment is theory. That is the political part. To harden the telecom stack, you need three moves. First, require verified provenance for any component that touches critical networks, from SIM cards to modems and edge routers. Second, fund cross-carrier readers and shared audit ledgers so that an activation anomaly on Carrier A alerts Carrier B and regulators in real time. Third, mandate tamper-evidence and traceability as part of procurement rules for carriers and large-scale IoT integrators. Those steps shrink the window of opportunity for SIM farms and the quiet logistics that foreshadow bigger attacks.

This is not a sales pitch. It is a posture change. We have treated supply chains as a procurement problem. That was a mistake. Supply chains are now the front line of national security. SMX does not stop malware or patch every router. It gives the country what it has lacked for decades: a way to prove what is real and what is not, on a scale of millions of parts. If the next plot tries to weaponize scale rather than spectacle, proof is the only thing that makes scale useless.

End with something that feels like a decision, not a slogan. Treat provenance as policy. Fund and require machine minutes, not man-hours. Put auditable identity on the smallest parts, or accept that the smallest parts will be the wedge used to break the biggest systems. The Secret Service did its job this time. It’s time the world does its. Turn proof into defense and make sure the next plot dies in the garage long before it ever leaves.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 25, 2025 / Pearl Harbor was a failure of imagination, 9/11 was a failure of detection, and the SIM-farm that almost went live in New York is a failure of provenance. They found 300 servers and more than 100,000 SIM cards tucked into apartments inside the city’s orbit. That was not a prank or a fraud ring. That was logistics at scale, built to turn everyday telecom hardware into a weapon of disruption. The haunting part is that the operation was domestic. It was not hidden in an adversary’s backyard. It was parked on our doorstep, waiting for a bell to toll.

Make no mistake, the opening bell matters. If those SIMs had activated at the right moment, the result would not have been mere interference. It would have been the opening bell. The United States would not have treated the event as a localized crime. It would have treated it as an act of war. The response would be orders of magnitude larger than the initial incident, and that escalation is what should keep everyone up at night. What follows is not fevered fantasy. It is the arithmetic of escalation when critical systems fail.

That is why this is not just a telecom problem. It is a geopolitical hazard. Modern societies run on networks that assume authenticity by default. When authenticity is weaponized at scale, consequences ripple. A jammed grid, a blinded sensor farm at a nuclear site, or a suffocated emergency channel does not require a single bomb. Technology alone can create catastrophic cascades. The opening bell does not need flash and smoke; it only needs scale and plausible deniability. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) technology can ensure that doesn’t happen.

Defending at the Molecular Level

If we want to be scary authentic, then we should be honest about the margin of error. Our current posture relies on people, audits, and after-the-fact forensics. That is not deterrence. That is a wish. SMX offers a different posture. The company embeds microscopic, chemically unique markers into plastics and housings, then ties those markers to immutable records. Every SIM card, every router, every edge modem can carry a permanent, machine-readable identity that answers three questions in seconds: where did this part come from, who handled it, and is this the same component that passed certification. When activation occurs off the record, the ledger lights up. The alarm is automatic. The opening bell never sounds.

This is not mere theater. Provenance at the component level turns supply chains into checkpoints. Carriers could refuse activation for parts without verifiable markers. Regulators could demand an auditable identity as a condition of service. Investigators could trace cloned parts back to warehouses and purchase records in minutes, rather than spending months untangling theory from provenance. A logistics operation that relied on anonymity collapses the instant identity is enforced at scale. Proof is not a feature. It is a weapon against weaponized scale.

Technology, Not a Weapons Arsenal, Is Prevention

Technology that proves is technology that prevents. SMX’s platform has already been proven in contexts where counterfeit and fraud matter, from recycled plastics to complex manufacturing lines. The same molecular fingerprinting that certifies recycled material can certify telecom hardware. The ledger that records a polymer’s origin can record a SIM’s chain of custody. If policy treats supply chains like national infrastructure, SMX becomes the kind of force multiplier you do not build after the discovery, you mandate before the attack.

We must also be candid about escalation. If an attack like this had been the opening bell, the U.S. response would not have been measured punches. It would have been a sequence of hard moves, some kinetic, some economic, some cyber. That is the very point. Deterrence is effective when the first move is costly to execute and when attacks cannot hide behind anonymity. If the smallest parts can be audited in minutes, the calculus changes. Actors lose leverage and governments lose excuses. The world should be afraid of escalation. It should also be angrier at the fact that escalation is avoidable.

Treat provenance as policy. Fund cross-carrier readers. Require tamper-evident identity in procurement. Build shared ledgers that flag anomalies in real time, not weeks after the fact. Those steps shrink the window for logistics-led attacks and deny adversaries the one thing they need most, anonymity. The Secret Service did its job this time. SMX can make sure the next time there is a plot, it dies before the opening bell ever gets a chance to ring.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 24, 2025 / This week’s foiled SIM-card plot in New York should be read as both a relief and a lesson. The boots on the ground from the Secret Service, FBI, and local partners deserve absolute praise. Their persistence, tireless surveillance, and hundreds, if not thousands, of man-hours turned up the break that stopped a sprawling SIM farm before it could silence or alter critical communications during the UN General Assembly. That kind of work matters, and it must be applauded.

But applause does not mean complacency. Relying on human resources and chance to catch sophisticated operators is neither scalable nor sustainable. That is why SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) exists. The hardware, SIM cards, and server racks that enabled this scheme moved through supply chains that are murky by design. When bad actors can buy, hide, and activate 100,000 SIMs without a trace, the system has failed before law enforcement even starts. SMX brings the missing layer of certainty back into those chains.

SMX technology turns anonymous plastics and electronics into verifiable evidence. Whereas today you need people in vans and months of digging, SMX provides machine-level verification that is immediate, tamper-resistant, and auditable. That is the difference between reactive policing and proactive prevention. It is the antivirus for infrastructure, an impenetrable layer of security that embeds into anything it touches. Including the electronics behind the NYC SIM-farm plot that nearly disrupted the UN.

Proof as Currency in the Telecom World

Imagine every SIM card carrying an invisible SMX signature that ties it to a specific factory, shipment, and authorized distributor. Now imagine carriers and regulators being able to query that signature in real-time. When hundreds or thousands of cards show up off-book in a single building, the network flags them, activations are blocked, and investigators are alerted with a digital trail, not paperwork. The attack never reaches scale.

This is not speculative. SMX has already proven the concept across plastics, textiles, and metals. The same chemistry and ledger technology that certifies recycled material can certify telecom components. Proof becomes the gatekeeper that decides whether a device can join a network, and that is a policy tool as powerful as any law. Regulators gain enforcement without endless subpoenas. Carriers gain confidence without slowing service. Citizens gain security without sacrifice.

The implication is this. The market that cares about verifiable trust in communications is enormous. Security budgets and carrier compliance dollars follow risk. When the question at industry conferences shifts from “could this happen” to “how do we stop it,” companies that deliver enforceable proof will be invited into contracts, not courtrooms.

From Sustainability Use-Case to National Security Tool

SMX was built to solve sustainability problems, but the platform is industry-agnostic. The molecular markers it embeds in materials are immutable and near impossible to spoof at scale. The digital passport attached is auditable and portable. And the Plastic Cycle Token (PCT) monetizes it. Together, they create a chain of custody and source of value that does not rely on human memory, guesswork, or fortunate leads. That is why the New York plot is not only a recycling story, it is a national security case.

Respect the investigative triumphs that stopped this attack. However, also respect that it should not take heroics for infrastructure to remain secure. SMX can provide a systematic way to prevent mass anonymous activations, without waiting for a lucky break or a marathon sting operation. Proof can be enforced at the source, and enforcement at the source is how you break the economics of mass deception.

Praise the agents who ran the long operations. But it’s also time to invest boldly in the technologies that make those long nights unnecessary. SMX offers a path from panic to prevention, from reactive heroics to routine protection. If the world wants networks it can trust, proof is not optional. It is essential.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 24, 2025 / The news cycle barely had time to breathe before the story broke: federal agents uncovered a sprawling SIM farm hidden across abandoned properties around New York City. At its peak, it was primed to unleash 30 million text messages per minute, threatening to cripple cell networks just as world leaders convened for the UN General Assembly. The operation was elaborate, built on 100,000 SIM cards and hundreds of servers, with the intention of overwhelming real communication with manufactured chaos.

The FBI, the Secret Service, and local partners deserve praise. They put in the hours, ran the surveillance, and followed the threads until they struck gold. It was persistence, pressure, and – let’s be honest – a lucky break that prevented disaster. The problem is that luck cannot be the foundation of national security. You cannot expect agents to spend hundreds or even thousands of man-hours chasing shadows every time an adversary exploits blind spots in the supply chain.

That is where SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) comes in. What took an army of investigators, endless paperwork, and an opportune off-topic lead could be prevented upstream with technology that doesn’t rely on chance but rather machine-level verification that is immediate, tamper-resistant, and auditable. That’s what SMX provides: the impenetrable antivirus for infrastructure.

Where Supply Chains Fail, SMX Provides Certainty

The uncomfortable truth behind the SIM farm is that the plotters didn’t build their arsenal in some secret lab. They bought it. The SIM cards, server housings, plastics, and electronics all came through legitimate supply chains. They crossed borders, passed through warehouses, and were activated without tripping alarms. The system failed long before law enforcement ever had a clue.

SMX was built for this exact weakness. Its technology embeds invisible molecular markers into materials – plastics, electronics, metals – and ties them to a digital passport stored on block-chain. The result is verifiable identity at the product level. A SIM card is no longer an anonymous piece of plastic. It’s an object with a lineage, an origin, and an enforceable proof of legitimacy.

Imagine if the 100,000 SIM cards feeding the New York plot had carried SMX verification. Carriers would have seen the anomaly the moment they were activated outside their rightful channels. Regulators would have had an auditable trail leading back to the point of diversion. The entire farm could have been shut down before the first text was ever sent. That is not a lucky break. That is certainty by design.

From Man Hours to Machine Minutes

The brilliance of SMX technology is in its scalability. Investigations like the one in New York consume vast amounts of human labor. Agents spend weeks in vans, poring over records, hoping the right lead surfaces. With SMX, the burden shifts from people to machines.

In minutes – not days, weeks, or months – SMX delivers auditable, machine-level authentication and verification. That is the difference between reactive policing and proactive prevention. Instead of relying on boots on the ground, SMX embeds the antivirus for infrastructure, an impenetrable layer of security that protects everything it touches. Including the electronics behind the NYC SIM-farm plot that nearly disrupted the UN.

The difference is staggering. Hundreds of man-hours give you a lucky break. Machine minutes give you a guaranteed answer. For a world facing increasingly sophisticated threats – from cyber attacks to supply chain sabotage – only one path is sustainable.

Turning Crisis Into Opportunity

The SIM farm plot is a wake-up call. It illustrates how fragile communications can be and how much effort is required to protect them under the current model. It also shows the scale of opportunity for technologies that can close the gaps. Telecom is a multi-trillion-dollar market. Security budgets stretch into the hundreds of billions of dollars. Regulators, carriers, and governments are already asking the same question: how do we stop this from happening again?

SMX has the answer. Its technology offers certainty without man-hours and prevention without lucky breaks. It embeds enforceable security at the molecular level into the very devices and materials that make up global supply chains. That makes it not just a sustainability play, but a national security asset.

The takeaway is this: applaud the agents who did the work, but the world can’t rely on luck to save the day. What took days, weeks, and months of boots-on-the-ground investigation, SMX can deliver in minutes. With SMX, luck is no longer required. Certainty is built into the products themselves.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 25, 2025 / For nearly three decades, world leaders have gathered at United Nations Climate Change Conferences, flying in with the intention of collaborating and issuing declarations meant to inspire. Yet despite the sincerity of these efforts, the outcome at last year’s COP 29 felt all too familiar. Like the 28 before it, the summit ended with carefully crafted promises but little in the way of tangible results. The lesson is clear: debate does not recycle, and speeches cannot extinguish fires. The planet isn’t asking for more consensus – it’s asking for proof.

History shows that markets reward proof. Oil, steel, copper, and grain only became reliable global commodities once standards emerged to verify the quality of what was being traded. Without proof, there was no trust. Without trust, there was no value.

That is why companies like SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) are stepping in to close the gap. Instead of speeches, SMX offers technology embedded at the molecular level. Its markers make it possible to scan and confirm recycled content, validate flame-retardant safety, and even expose the so-called “ghost plastics” that conventional systems have never been able to track. Where conferences leave promises, SMX delivers proof woven directly into the materials themselves.

Ghost Plastics Made Visible, Verifiable, and Valuable

Ghost plastics have haunted the recycling industry for decades. Invisible to scanners, impossible to track, they slipped into landfills and incinerators by the billions of tons. These are high-value materials – carbon black from tires, flame-retardant plastics from electronics, construction compounds – yet they were written off as unrecyclable waste. A graveyard of performance materials hidden in plain sight.

SMX cracked the code. By embedding molecular markers, ghost plastics are no longer invisible. They can be identified, certified, and re-entered into the economy as tradable assets. A quick scan turns what used to be liability into inventory. For the first time, ghost plastics are not lost in the system; instead, they are priced into it.

That transformation doesn’t just restore efficiency; it creates a whole new supply stream. Verified ghost plastics command trust in the marketplace. Regulators can certify them, insurers can underwrite them, and manufacturers can use them without fear of claims collapsing under scrutiny. What was once buried is now a bankable resource.

Singapore, Europe, and NAFRA: Proof in Action

The difference between 29 well-intended conferences and SMX is traction. COP 29 produced another press release. SMX produced a plastics passport with Singapore’s A*STAR, where every piece of plastic carries a verifiable identity that regulators can enforce. This is not aspiration. It is enforcement backed by science.

In Europe, SMX’s planned partnership with REDWAVE is taking verification to the factory floor. Every plastic scrap on an industrial sorting line can now be scanned in real time. No waiting for audits, no reliance on self-reporting, no blind spots. It’s accountability embedded into the production process itself.

And in North America, SMX is proving to NAFRA it can make flame-retardant claims verifiable. For decades, the industry has fought to defend its reputation against skepticism. With molecular proof, NAFRA’s members don’t need defenses – they have evidence. Fire safety stops being a claim on a datasheet and becomes a fact embedded in every panel, appliance, and building material.

Proof Becomes the New Premium

Markets run on differentiation, and proof creates it. A verified recycled plastic with embedded proof is not the same as an unverified substitute. A verified fire-resistant panel is not the same as a datasheet promise. And a verified ghost plastic is no longer invisible waste but a certified commodity. Proof creates premiums, premiums create liquidity, and liquidity creates markets.

That is the inflection point SMX is driving. For manufacturers, proof means higher margins on verified goods. For insurers, proof means reduced risk and more accurate pricing. For governments, proof means policies that can be enforced by markets instead of endless penalties. For consumers, proof means labels they can actually trust. And for investors, proof means the birth of a new asset class – where recycling, safety, and ghost plastics are monetized together.

SMX has long said its mission is to turn sustainability from promise into proof. With even ghost plastics now visible, with A*STAR, REDWAVE, and NAFRA engaged, the company is proving something larger: proof is the new premium. The world doesn’t need more ballroom debates. It needs the molecule itself to testify. One SMX scan. Two proofs. That’s how real change begins.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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