[IP] more on serious threat models

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Subject: 	RE: [IP] serious threat models
Date: 	Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:01:41 -0500
From: 	Atkinson, Robert <rca53@columbia.edu>
To: 	dave@farber.net



It's interesting to see The Guardian's relentless anti-Americanism come
through in this story.  The AP reports:

"An investigation showed that these mobiles had been used in a central
Athens area where many foreign embassies are located, though Mr.
Roussopoulos refused to speculate on whether foreign agencies might be
involved."

The Guardian article is almost identical to AP's, except it says:

"The government revealed that the phone tappers used interceptors traced
to the vicinity of the US embassy."


Bob


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Subject: [IP] serious threat models



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Subject: 	serious threat models
Date: 	Fri, 03 Feb 2006 08:38:09 -0800 (PST)
From: 	Gregory Hicks <ghicks@well.com>
Reply-To: 	Gregory Hicks <ghicks@well.com>
To: 	declan@well.com, dave@farber.net
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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:28:31 -0500

I hate to play clipping service, but this story is too important not to
mention.  Many top Greek officials, including the Prime Minister, and
the U.S. embassy had their mobile phones tapped.  What makes this
interesting is how it was done: software was installed on the switch
that diverted calls to a prepaid phone.  Think about who could manage
that.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/article/0,,1701298,00.html
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060202.wcelltap0202
/BNStory/International/


		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

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