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massive T-mobile security intrusion
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:22:13 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: PRIVACY Forum <privacy () vortex com> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:12:25 -0800 To: <dave () farber net> Cc: <lauren () vortex com> Subject: massive T-mobile security intrusion < NOT FOR IP > ------- Forwarded Message Return-Path: list-maint () vortex com Delivery-Date: Wed Jan 12 11:10:07 2005 Return-Path: <list-maint () vortex com> Received: from nova.vortex.com (nova.vortex.com [67.119.61.36]) by chrome.vortex.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j0CJA6FD017982 for <privacy@[67.119.61.37]>; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:10:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by nova.vortex.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j0CJ9sTT018427 for <privacy () vortex com>; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:10:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (localhost[127.0.0.1]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2005011219095201400fkalre>; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:09:52 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.5] (h000393e0dd85.ne.client2.attbi.com[24.91.73.141]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2005011219044201400gmk8he>; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:04:45 +0000 X-Comment: AT&T Maillennium special handling code - c Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: (Unverified) Message-Id: <p06110438be0b248f8220@[10.0.1.5]> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:04:44 -0500 To: undisclosed-recipient:; From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Subject: Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Scanned-By: milter-spamc/0.10.108 (neon [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:10:01 -0800 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Status: NO, hits=-97.50 required=6.00 X-Spam-Level: Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems By Kevin Poulsen ,SecurityFocus Jan 11 2005 7:43PM 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. Twenty-one year-old Nicolas Jacobsen was quietly charged with the intrusions last October, after a Secret Service informant helped investigators link him to sensitive agency documents that were circulating in underground IRC chat rooms. The informant also produced evidence that Jacobsen was behind an offer to provide T-Mobile customers' personal information to identity thieves through an Internet bulletin board, according to court records. Jacobsen could access information on any of the Bellevue, Washington-based company's 16.3 million customers, including many customers' Social Security numbers and dates of birth, according to government filings in the case. He could also obtain voicemail PINs, and the passwords providing customers with Web access to their T-Mobile e-mail accounts. He did not have access to credit card numbers. ... Cavicchia was the agent who last year spearheaded the investigation of Jason Smathers, a former AOL employee accused of stealing 92 million customer e-mail addresses from the company to sell to a spammer. The agent was also an adopter of mobile technology, and he did a lot of work through his T-Mobile Sidekick -- an all-in-one cellphone, camera, digital organizer and e-mail terminal. The Sidekick uses T-Mobile servers for e-mail and file storage, and the stolen documents had all been lifted from Cavicchia's T-Mobile account, according to the affidavit. ... http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10271 ------- End of Forwarded Message ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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