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FEMA Phones Hacked, Calls Made To Mideast and Asia

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-that's-just-not-good dept.

purplehayes writes "A hacker broke into a Homeland Security Department telephone system over the weekend and racked up about $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia. The hacker made more than 400 calls on a Federal Emergency Management Agency voicemail system in Emmitsburg, Md., on Saturday and Sunday, according to FEMA spokesman Tom Olshanski."

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  1. Who hacks phones anymore? by ralf1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    In an age of IP Telephony it seems kind of silly and ends up just being vandalism

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