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Winnipeg businessman on hook for $52, 000 phone bill after voice mail hacked
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:27:06 -0600 (CST)
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=97781 By Megan Hurley Canadian Press December 17, 2008 WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg businessman is on the hook for a $52,000 phone bill after his voice mail system was hacked and hundreds of calls were made to Bulgaria. Alan Davison, owner of HUB Computer Solutions, noticed something was wrong when “feature 36” — a message unknown to him — kept popping up on his phone. He called Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. and discovered hundreds of calls were recently made to Bulgaria, racking up a $52,321.14 phone bill due Jan. 2. “If I have to pay that whole bill out of my own pocket, I’m looking at having to lay off one of my employees,” Davison said. “It’s quite obvious something was right out of whack. There were hundreds of phone calls.” The MTS representative sent Davison an e-mail outlining how to protect his company from long-distance theft. Davison also reported the phone bill to the MTS fraud department. [...]
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