Hackers crack open mobile network

[Basil Chupin]

Mobile calls and texts made on any GSM network can be eavesdropped upon 
using four cheap phones and open source software, say security researchers.

Karsten Nohl and Sylvain Munaut demonstrated their eavesdropping toolkit 
at the Chaos Computer Club Congress (CCC) in Berlin.

The work builds on earlier research that has found holes in many parts 
of the most widely used mobile technology.

The pair spent a year putting together the parts of the eavesdropping 
toolkit.

"Now there's a path from your telephone number to me finding you and 
listening to your calls," Mr Nohl told BBC News. "The whole way."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12094227

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