Hackers stick California city with $30,000 phone bill

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http://www.startribune.com/stories/789/3408539.html

Published Nov. 4, 2002
Associated Press

EAST PALO ALTO, CALIF. -- Hackers have stuck the city of East Palo
Alto, California with a huge phone bill -- $30,000.

A number of calls were placed to the Philippines over a five-day
period in July -- and they weren't made by city workers.

AT&T investigators confirmed that hackers broke into the city's
telephone system to make the bogus calls before they were detected and
cut off.

Now AT&T wants its money -- but the city doesn't want to pay. The
city's typical monthly phone bill is about $10,000.

Officials say they shouldn't have to pay because the bill was the
result of fraud. But AT&T says the city is responsible for the
security of its telephone system.



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