Wednesday, January 12, 2005
US T-Mobile Customer Data Exposed To Hacker For Over One Year
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 01:00 PM
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10271
"A sophisticated computer hacker had access to servers at wireless giant T-Mobile for at least a year, which he used to monitor U.S. Secret Service e-mail, obtain customers' passwords and Social Security numbers, and download candid photos taken by Sidekick users, including Hollywood celebrities, SecurityFocus has learned."
I want to take this opportunity and absolve myself of any and all statements about bluetooth being dead. I understand from a recent "Portals" column in the Wall Street Journal by Lee Gomes that cell phones and wireless headsets basically saved the much maligned and major hassle-to-fool-with wireless {non}standard in the US. Never the less, it was this hacker that had obtained my Pocket PC Thoughts user id and password during one of my many GPRS sessions and was posting all of those "bluetooth is dead" posts in my name. :worried:
Ok, nothing to see here. :idontthinkso: Move along. Check your T-Mobile statement for unusual activity.
"A sophisticated computer hacker had access to servers at wireless giant T-Mobile for at least a year, which he used to monitor U.S. Secret Service e-mail, obtain customers' passwords and Social Security numbers, and download candid photos taken by Sidekick users, including Hollywood celebrities, SecurityFocus has learned."
I want to take this opportunity and absolve myself of any and all statements about bluetooth being dead. I understand from a recent "Portals" column in the Wall Street Journal by Lee Gomes that cell phones and wireless headsets basically saved the much maligned and major hassle-to-fool-with wireless {non}standard in the US. Never the less, it was this hacker that had obtained my Pocket PC Thoughts user id and password during one of my many GPRS sessions and was posting all of those "bluetooth is dead" posts in my name. :worried:
Ok, nothing to see here. :idontthinkso: Move along. Check your T-Mobile statement for unusual activity.
