Mobile phone tapping in Greece
A big scandal is unwinding in Greece. It seems that in 2004, during the Olympics, a large wiretapping scheme was put into operation that tapped into the mobile phones of many high-ranking officials in the Greek government and important Arab businessmen. See here for the latest Greek news in English which contains some details.
In essence, persons unknown hacked into Vodafone's system, in particular, the component responsible for legal wiretapping, and implanted software that duplicated a call to one of 14-16 pre-paid phones, so that they could be recorded. Details are a bit sketchy or badly reported at the moment, but the identities of the hackers are unknown - all that the investigators can say for sure is the locations the pre-paid "shadow" phones operated in, which were stable locations about Lycabettus (all of which, funnily enough, are close to the American Embassy).
I'll post more details if and when I know more!
In essence, persons unknown hacked into Vodafone's system, in particular, the component responsible for legal wiretapping, and implanted software that duplicated a call to one of 14-16 pre-paid phones, so that they could be recorded. Details are a bit sketchy or badly reported at the moment, but the identities of the hackers are unknown - all that the investigators can say for sure is the locations the pre-paid "shadow" phones operated in, which were stable locations about Lycabettus (all of which, funnily enough, are close to the American Embassy).
I'll post more details if and when I know more!
posted by Simon at 9:45 AM
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