return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoFeds Warn SMS Authentication Is Unsafe After ‘Worst Hack in Our Nation’s History’gizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1643arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 day ago it’s hard to infiltrate telecom systems like S7 Telecom systems can be (and are) infiltrated though, which is what the FBI is warning about. SS7 is very insecure. See this video, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyu7NB7W6Y
minus-squarebrie@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoWatch the video again to see how hard it was for Derrick to get access. He got it via his telecom/academia researcher contact.
Telecom systems can be (and are) infiltrated though, which is what the FBI is warning about.
SS7 is very insecure. See this video, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyu7NB7W6Y
Watch the video again to see how hard it was for Derrick to get access. He got it via his telecom/academia researcher contact.