Cell Network Hack – Athens
July 16th, 2007 7:20 am
While this is the first major infiltration to involve cellphones, the scheme did not depend on the wireless nature of the network. Basically, the hackers broke into a telephone network and subverted its built-in wiretapping features for their own purposes. That could have been done with any phone account, not just cellular ones. Nevertheless, there are some elements of the Vodafone Greece system that were unique and crucial to the way the crime was pulled off.
Basically, the hackers broke into a telephone network and subverted its built-in wiretapping features for their own purposes.
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