[funsec] Hacking the snoops?

[Paul Ferguson]

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On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rMslade at shaw.ca> wrote:

> A a citizen hacktivist group has found that a Chinese wireless/eBay
> version of Skype is having text messages intercepted, as well as having
> (phone) call detail recorded:
>
> http://links.cbc.ca/a/l.x?T=jncickakhgjbcnpmkhpipbah&M=38
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/02/china-skype.html
>

Also, additional details in The New York Times and ARS Technica:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/technology/internet/02skype.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081002-skype-security-flub-leads-to-
discovery-of-chinese-monitoring.html

Reports can be found here [.pdf]:

http://www.infowar-monitor.net/breachingtrust/

- - ferg

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