On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Benjamin Kreuter <[email protected]> wrote: > ... >> (CALEA taps are *widely* exploited by the bad guys. > > Do you have a good citation for this?
the most infamous case is the athens affair: http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/the-athens-affair "While this is the first major infiltration to involve cellphones, the scheme did not depend on the wireless nature of the network. Basically, the hackers broke into a telephone network and subverted its built-in wiretapping features for their own purposes." with the "built-in wiretapping features" being CALEA components... _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
