Re: Phone fraud

["Paul M. Moriarty" <pmm () igtc com>]

Unless this is a very old phone system, the feature that allows an  
outside caller to dial into your system and then  dial back out almost  
always has to be specifically enabled for this  very reason.

This type of fraud was very popular in the 80's & early 90's.  In fact  
60 Minutes ran a piece on it during that time, IIRC.

- Paul -

On Dec 18, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &  
Hannah wrote:

> http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/18/phone-hacked.html
>
> A not-uncommon story.  However, I keep telling people:
>
> a) We don't know enough about phone systems, and unlike most of the  
> breaches
> we deal with phone fraud costs you real money, right now.
>
> b) When you get hit and take the story to the telcos, the telcos,  
> very profoundly,
> don't care.
>
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