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Either some sort of ss7 exploit [0] or the attackers socially engineered the cell service provider [1]. This happened to some big YouTubers in the past [2]. [0

by css 8y ago

Either some sort of ss7 exploit [0] or the attackers socially engineered the cell service provider [1]. This happened to some big YouTubers in the past [2]. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/12/18/german-researchers-discover-a-flaw-that-could-let-anyone-listen-to-your-cell-calls-and-read-your-texts/?utm_term=.bb0aa36f9144 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/12/18... [1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/10/att_falls_for_hacker_tricks/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/10/att_falls_for_hacke... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caVEiitI2vg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caVEiitI2vg

AnoniMoose 8y ago
You don't need ss7 0days. One one hand it's hilariously insecure to begin with, especially now lots of it gets trucked over the internet. On the other hand, there's a number of companies selling access and associated services for trivial amounts of money.