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December 27, 2011

GSM Phones Vulnerable to New Hack

Tarmo Virki, Reuters


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A well-known expert on mobile phone security says a vulnerability in a widely used wireless technology could allow hackers to gain remote control of phones, instructing them to send text messages or make calls.

They could use the vulnerability in the GSM network technology, which is used by billions of people in about 80 percent of the global mobile...

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