[AusNOG] SS7 hacked on 60 Minutes, an Australian Senators phone tapped from Germany

Peter Fern ausnog at 0xc0dedbad.com
Wed Aug 19 15:32:59 EST 2015


On 19/08/15 15:28, Steve Phillips wrote:
> On 18/08/2015 10:34 pm, Jason Ross wrote:
>>
>>> The IMSI Sniffers are pretty much redundant as they rely on GSM (2G)
>>>  operation, once phone
>>> Is in 3G or 4G LTE Network it does not work as It is encrypted and
>>> the IMSI appears to be 2G only
>>> (The DIY) ones anyway. You can purchase ones for $$$$$$ which work
>>> on 3G apparently.
>>
>> This is my understanding too.
> I guess some people see $30 as expensive ;-)
>
> http://hackaday.com/2013/10/22/cracking-gsm-with-rtl-sdr-for-thirty-dollars/

That specifically says GSM though.
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