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

[Dale Shaw]

Hi Ric,

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Richard Pruss (rpruss) <ric at cisco.com>
wrote:
>
> One of the most surprising series security exploit claims I have ever
seen in awhile,
> http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/60minutes/videos/4424819500001/
>
> I wonder what the truth of this is,
> Ric

I found the whole thing a bit cringeworthy.

Assuming the vulnerability to be able to stand up a rogue cell tower is
real, that's bad, but the victim still needs to be physically near one for
the attacker to be able to monitor your calls, texts etc. No mention of
that. They were also silent on the fact that data sessions for stuff like
online banking is typically encrypted.

I put it in the "interesting! it's a pity this was on CH9" category.

Cheers,
Dale
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