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more on serious threat models
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:13:42 -0500
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [IP] serious threat models Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:01:41 -0500 From: Atkinson, Robert <rca53 () columbia edu> To: dave () farber net It's interesting to see The Guardian's relentless anti-Americanism come through in this story. The AP reports: "An investigation showed that these mobiles had been used in a central Athens area where many foreign embassies are located, though Mr. Roussopoulos refused to speculate on whether foreign agencies might be involved." The Guardian article is almost identical to AP's, except it says: "The government revealed that the phone tappers used interceptors traced to the vicinity of the US embassy." Bob -----Original Message-----From: Dave Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:08 PM
To: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: [IP] serious threat models -------- Original Message -------- Subject: serious threat models Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 08:38:09 -0800 (PST) From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com> Reply-To: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com> To: declan () well com, dave () farber net CC: ghicks () cadence com From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:28:31 -0500 I hate to play clipping service, but this story is too important not to mention. Many top Greek officials, including the Prime Minister, and the U.S. embassy had their mobile phones tapped. What makes this interesting is how it was done: software was installed on the switch that diverted calls to a prepaid phone. Think about who could manage that. http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/article/0,,1701298,00.html http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060202.wcelltap0202 /BNStory/International/ --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb ------------------------------------------------------------------- I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as rca53 () columbia edu To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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