[Cryptography] "60 Minutes" hacks Congressman's phone

[Kevin W. Wall]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Henry Baker <hbaker1 at pipeline.com> wrote:
> FYI --
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-hacking-your-phone/
[big snip]
> Rep. Ted Lieu: You cannot have 300-some million Americans-- and really, right,
> the global citizenry be at risk of having their phone conversations
> intercepted with a known flaw, simply because some intelligence agencies might
> get some data.  That is not acceptable.

If these are the same SS7 vulnerabilities that were widely discussed
in the WP (e.g.,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/12/18/german-researchers-discover-a-flaw-that-could-let-anyone-listen-to-your-cell-calls-and-read-your-texts/)
and other new media outlets in Dec 2014 (and it certainly sounds like
it) then the
only explanation is the that intelligence community are responsible
for they still
not being fixed. Thinking these vulnerabilities will remain secret is
foolish. Lieu is
right; those people should be fired.

-kevin
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