Hackers Eavesdrop on Phone Networks
Filed in: Security — February 2nd, 2005
JANUARY 24, 2005 (REUTERS) - Computer hackers have taken to stealing data the easy way — by eavesdropping on phone and e-mail conversations to find the keys to seemingly impregnable networks, security experts say.
The danger of attacks with insider information was illustrated earlier this month with the arrest of a California man accused of breaking into mobile phone network T-Mobile USA Inc.’s database and reading e-mails and files of the U.S. Secret Service, and by the exploits of a hacker who breached a hospital’s database and changed mammogram results.
The nature of threats to network security has changed as sophisticated hackers learned to tap into sensitive information flowing through telecommunications servers, especially those that provide wireless and Internet access.
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