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>However, I suspect if someone did a hack that juicy, carrier SOCs would've noticed immediately. We're talking real deal nation-state actors targeting an indus
by ziddoap 2y ago
>However, I suspect if someone did a hack that juicy, carrier SOCs would've noticed immediately.
We're talking real deal nation-state actors targeting an industry where for the last few decades the only downside of being breached is having to say "oh oops, sorry" and maybe providing a year of credit monitoring. Security is something taken just seriously enough to avoid a ruling of negligence, but no more.
It is very optimistic to assume that carriers would immediately notice a breach by threat actors this sophisticated.
- raxxorraxor 2y agoThe security flaws in these products were government mandated. I think the negligence case would be quite difficult here and distract from the real responsibility.
- jeroenhd 2y agoThere's a difference between "oops, the newsletter database got leaked" and "oops, the president/senate/FBI got wiretapped". You can pay ten dollars per victim for one, but get in trouble with various law enforcement agencies with the other. If an external actor can control the wiretapping infrastructure, that doesn't just imply spying on targets; it can also cause some wiretapping evidence on terrorists/spies used by law enforcement can no longer be used.