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Phreaking Not Dead Yet

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the red-box-blue-box-beige-box-new-box dept.

santos_douglas writes "From Wired comes this article about an exploit involving weak voicemail passwords and automated voice recognition systems for accepting collect calls. The providers involved, SBC and AT&T, don't seem too concerned about their customers receiving tens of thousands in fraudulant charges from places like Saudi Arabia and the Phillipines."

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  1. Not really new ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The basic idea being used here is *really* old, phreaks have been changing OGM's to "- pause - yes, we accept that collect call" and suchlike for ages. The novel aspect is that it's essentially automated, no SE'ing skills required to make a convincing message, due to AT+T and SBC being retards. Still amusing though.