Steven M. Bellovin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What makes this interesting is how it was done: software was installed on the
switch that diverted calls to a prepaid phone. Think about who could manage
that.
Just in case people think the answer is The MIB, it's actually Any kid with
a bit of
Yes, it's not at all clear from these stories just what was
going on or how high tech the attack would have to be. What does
diverting to a prepaid mobile mean? Here's a possibility:
they social engineered or otherwise compromised the target account
to assigned it a new telephone number and
Steven M. Bellovin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I hate to play clipping service, but this story is too important not to
mention. Many top Greek officials, including the Prime Minister, and
the U.S. embassy had their mobile phones tapped. What makes this
interesting is how it was done:
On 2/3/06, Jaap-Henk Hoepman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
could this be
done using phone conference facilities?
Good guess!
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/02/phone_tapping_i.html
``The code tapped into the conference call system. It conference
called phone calls to 14 prepaid mobile
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
All phone switches, thanks to the US government's CALEA rules, are
equipped with software that makes espionage easy. Whether that
software was abused in this instance, I do not know, but I will point
out that any switch sold in the US -- which is to say most switches
Matt Blaze wrote:
Yes, it's not at all clear from these stories just what was
going on or how high tech the attack would have to be. What does
diverting to a prepaid mobile mean?
There is more information in Bruce Scheier's blog entry and his links to blog
and news articles. It hit slashdot
I wondered about that too. Do commonly used mobile phone switches have built-in
functionality to divert (or rather split) calls to another phone; could this be
done using phone conference facilities? or could you easily use lawfull
interception fucntionality...? In other words, could it be done
I hate to play clipping service, but this story is too important not to
mention. Many top Greek officials, including the Prime Minister, and
the U.S. embassy had their mobile phones tapped. What makes this
interesting is how it was done: software was installed on the switch
that diverted
