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Debugging the Greek wiretapping scandal
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 06:39:06 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Matt Blaze <mab () crypto com> Date: July 7, 2007 2:17:30 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Debugging the Greek wiretapping scandalVassilis Prevelakis and Diomidis Spinellis just published (in IEEE Spectrum) a terrific technical analysis of the recent Greek cellular eavesdropping scandal.
It's available online at http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/print/5280In 2005, it was reported that over a hundred Athens cellphones, mostly belonging to politicians (ranging from the mayor to the prime minister), were being illegally wiretapped. The culprit hasn't been found, but there's plenty of fodder for speculation, including mysteriously missing records, suspicious suicide, and, as Prevelakis and Spinellis point out, an intriguing technological mystery.
The case dramatically illustrates the real-world risks of incorporating"lawful intercept" interfaces into network infrastructure; they become inviting
targets for abuse. I comments further on my blog, at http://www.crypto.com/blog/hellenic_eavesdropping/ -matt ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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