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Feds Warn SMS Authentication Is Unsafe After ‘Worst Hack in Our Nation’s History’ (gizmodo.com)

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[–] dan@upvote.au 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

it's hard to infiltrate telecom systems like S7

Telecom systems can be (and are) infiltrated though, which is what the FBI is warning about.

SS7 is very insecure. See this video, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyu7NB7W6Y

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[–] brie@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Watch the video again to see how hard it was for Derrick to get access. He got it via his telecom/academia researcher contact.

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