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Title: Huge GSM flaw allows hackers to listen in on voice calls
Post by: Alex on August 26, 2009, 11:35:20 AM
Huge GSM flaw allows hackers to listen in on voice calls

Recently at the Hacking at Random (HAR) conference, held in the Netherlands, Karsten Nohl detailed plans for cracking standard GSM cell phone encryption, known as A5/1, and will be making  the results available for anyone to use. GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communications and is the most commonly used cell phone standard in the world, and is used in Europe, Africa, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, America and Canada.   Read full story...


 


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