Unless this is a very old phone system, the feature that allows an outside caller to dial into your system and then dial back out almost always has to be specifically enabled for this very reason.
This type of fraud was very popular in the 80's & early 90's. In fact 60 Minutes ran a piece on it during that time, IIRC. - Paul - On Dec 18, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: > http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/18/phone-hacked.html > > A not-uncommon story. However, I keep telling people: > > a) We don't know enough about phone systems, and unlike most of the > breaches > we deal with phone fraud costs you real money, right now. > > b) When you get hit and take the story to the telcos, the telcos, > very profoundly, > don't care. > > ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) > [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] > Laughter is the joy of learning, squared > victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/ > archives/author/p1/ > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
