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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2005-01-11

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.

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
elttyL (2 replies)
Perfect display of the world's ability to underestimate. "sensitive documents cannot be acquired via Internet" - "cyberattacks are overhyped"

Go on, keep assuming. ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-20
Anonymous (1 replies)
No one ever admits it, but apparently in these cases crime DOES pay.

I Wonder how long it will take for the terrorists to use this section of our own technology against us...

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Re: Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-06-17
Anonymous
they do it allready .......

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Re: Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2006-03-09
bolivia
The inmigration laws attack the illegal workers the social security has no problem with that kind of "illegals"...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous (2 replies)
Because you see, the Secret Service is the largest employer of systems intruders. They are prepared to scrub your record, dangerous computer criminal, if you will sell your soul and swear an oath against the Constitution for a police-state.

The fact that agents don't understand they are trusting ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
FahQ
Interesting that his valid attempts to get a security job were unsuccessful. Only by committing the crime can he truly be appreciated for his skills (or hopefully, his ability to hinder others).

I wonder how little money I could be offered in exchange for maintaining anal integrity....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-16
Anonymous
If that is true I am glad I am working to

work at higher places. Actually the USSS

field agents I have spoken seem to be

more straight forward than police that

I have spoken with and had dealings with.

These days in computer science and engineering it is recommended to

stay away from phone a...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous (1 replies)
Why are documents "highly sensitive information pertaining to ongoing USSS criminal cases" sitting around on unknown/untrusted servers? ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous
Thats exactly my question. Shame on him and shame on the secret service....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Kevin Wandtke <kwandtke (at) hotmail (dot) com [email concealed]> (1 replies)
Interesting look at the USSS. I guess I would have thought that they would be smart enuf to not pass un-encrypted sensitive info thru an ISP's system. I guess I thought that since I, aware of but certainly not any kind o security expert, would be using something .. like PGP if I wanted to "privatel...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous
Well at least now an enemy of the state knows how to get confidential USAA secret service documents.... "Get a Job at a Wireless / Blackberry provider". I wonder if any AUDITING is enabled to protect customers from the T-Mobile System Administrators???...

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Catch me if you can (again) 2005-01-12
Pau Garcia i Quiles
So you want to have a high-end high-tech security work? You have two ways:

- The long way: send resumés, have lots of interviews, study a lot, get lots of certifications

- The short way: hack something important and get a good job

Shit :-(...

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Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2005-01-12
Anonymous (4 replies)
And instead of a side-kick, he should get a kick in the butt !

How can you use a non-government operated, non-encrypted service to transfer law-enforment documents ?

Just because agent Jack Bauer does it on "24" doesn't mean that you also have to do it !

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Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2005-01-12
Anonymous (1 replies)
You are totally right. I guess we sometimes forget that all the computing idiots we meet every day can in fact be secret service agents. We just naturally assume these guys should be smart enough to not do this sort of thing. ...

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Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2005-01-16
Anony-mouse
If you look at the civil service payscales, you will understand why the best are in industry and why teh good ones never stay working for the government. Some call it greed, but I would call it making a better living for myself....

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Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2005-01-12
Anonymous
Officially terminated is more appropriate. ...

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Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2005-01-12
Anonymous (1 replies)
Just because his account was the one compromised does not inherently mean it was his fault. Assuming that it was is premature....

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Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2005-01-13
Anonymous (2 replies)
The hell it's not his fault.

It *is* his fault, and the guy is an absolute moron for using a *NON-SECURED*, *NON-GOVERNMENT*, *UNENCRYPTED* system for storing/transferring sensitive information.

If this is representative of the level of intelligence of the average Secret Service agent, I'm sc...

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Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2005-01-13
David Beaty (1 replies)
I work in the Federal government. It sounds to me as if the documents AREN'T "sensitive" but the Secret Service says they are in the affidavit so the crime appears more serious....

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Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2005-01-15
FrankenPC (1 replies)
True enough the sensitivity of aformentioned documents is at best questionable, however this doesn't an any way adress the complete idiocy of federal agents involved. Like the man said encryption would have made the contents of the documents a non-issue. The sad truth is, this level of incompetence ...

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Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2005-01-20
Anonymous
no one has asked the question as to whether or not the government put out the so called "high security" information to catch hackers like this one. We have to realize that we(some of us anyway)are all assuming stuff about the gov. which most of us aren't involved in. ...

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Re: Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2006-07-11
Anonymous
stupidity or bait? It was they who proclaimed the data to be of any intrest.They would have not admited to anysort of neglegence if in fact it was 1. It sound as if it was a harmony of the Pied Piper...

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Peter Cavicchia should be reprimanded 2005-01-13
Anonymous
If history teaches us something, it is that, you should never underestimate the stupidity of intelligence agencies....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous (2 replies)
Ok, now my question is, has anyone's informations been sold or otherwise leaked out into the open?

Tmobile is very irresponsible in not publicizing this. The hacker/cracker got away with just a slap on the wrist.

What about everyone else's datas?

It seems like this article focuses mainly on the ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous (1 replies)
A slap on the wrist? He's being charged with 2 felonies. And he's 21 years old. The rest of his life is now severely altered for the worse....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-20
Anonymous
not necessarily for the worst. he just got a free job and has access to the gov. in a way most of us will never have...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous (1 replies)
monitor your credit history closely for unusal activity. I heard that Homeland Security has access to all cell providers accounts for potential terrorist activity. I wouldnt be surprised if this wasnt an employee of govt got a light sentence in exchange for hush-hush on how he really got access. Wou...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-22
Anonymous
You heard wrong about DHS and wireless carriers databases. Of course, unless they employe T-Mobile level security administrators....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous (1 replies)
It makes me sick to my stomach that this kid is getting a job offer from the Secret Service! What kind of message is being sent to other kids out there?! Hack, and get into the Secret Service?!

how Ironic that his web name was "Ethics."...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous (1 replies)
He might get a job... but his payment is not in money, it's in not being in jail. And it's a job he will be forced to do.. imagine that if you had to quit your job you would go to jail... Doesn't sound very glamorous to me. ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous
Don't hack and mistreat information if you do not want to partake in less than glamorous activities...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
siberian
Whats worse, the fact that some kid exploited the flawed T-Mobile network or that those charged with fighting terror and evil in cyberspace are using a fscking SIDEKICK on insecure networks to communicate. its obvious that our networks are a point of failure and security breaches and the USSS knows ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
TMobile customer (1 replies)
As a TMobile customer, this is quite a surprise for me. I have heard NOTHING from TMobile regarding potential exposure of my personal information to this guy. Makes me wonder if TMobile concluded the head-in-sand ostrich response is the best one, or if they have been hoping this info wouldn't get ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous (2 replies)
I'm a soon-to-be former customer of T-Mobile because they refused to rectify the problems I've been having with my phone. I'm very upset they revealed this problem to a chosen few of their customers.

This proves they're not worth dealing with. Good-bye T-Mobile - or should I say, good riddance?...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous
I am t-mobile customer and my phone works very well and I my service works and i pay my bill on time how about you?...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-16
Anony-mouse
Have at it. But I would venture to say that the others are no better, they just havent been caught yet. T-Mobile's problem was that the government got involved and we all know that they can't keep a secret....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous (2 replies)
NO they should not give this hacker a job.

they should hire someone that is not a felon.

and train them if need be.

give them the tools to do what they did....

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Re: Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-12-17
Anonymous
While this is a serious offense, and he should be punished for his crimes against so many of us, this attitude towards employing felons tends to keep crime rates up as desperate men and women find it impossible to go straight.

im sure some jobs shouldnt go to such folks, but our nation doesnt ju...

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Re: Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2006-03-09
Anonymous
the problem is you cant just simply train someone to be capable of these things. It takes the right mindset, the right drive, and the right creativity. You dont just learn it in a book....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
nr
while (readingarticle)

do {

call jawdrop ();

call falloffchair ();

}

printf (varWTF); ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous
Geez, what a surprise, unprotected AP's, and the Secret Service conducting routine business over unsecured networks. I'm shocked, shocked I say ;-P...

Who in their right mind leaves security up to their ISP? Apparently, quite a few people....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
tiger (3 replies)
interesting to say the least, but NOT at all surprising... the more we depend on technology the more holes there will obviously be to get in. remember, anything a man can do another man can undo. there are many many many habits in life that we can become addcited to. one of them is hacking, its anno...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
SEbastion
I suppose it gets to the point when one has so much access to myriads of sensitive information than he knows what to do with it. Does he become harmless at this point? Is there a point when I shouldn't care who has what information because it is all out there, cheap to access, and does not affect ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Armand
Let be honest, this hacker did a great job ! 1 year of anonymous access to one of the biggest telecom companies is an achievement and my meaning is that the secret service should not bring this guy to justice but they have to give him a job.

Security is something we have to build together. WHitho...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-18
Anonymous
You hit the nail right on the head...!...

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Also see the Telekom OBSOC-Case in Germany in 2004 2005-01-12
Anonymous (2 replies)
http://ds.ccc.de/083/obsoc/

Telekom had severe security problems (you could access sensitive stuff even without any hacking), and they did not inform their customers or made a proper review of their security problems, until the information was forced into the public.

Looks like it is a syste...

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What do you expect? Telekom coorporated with Microsoft on this. 2005-01-13
Anonymous (2 replies)
Both companies don't seem to value security very high......

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What do you expect? Telekom coorporated with Microsoft on this. 2005-01-16
Anony-mouse
none of the wireless carriers do, t-mobile just got caught. That is what happens when lawyers and accountants run a company; profits reign. If IT professionals and engineers ran it, then it would be much more secure, work better but generate little or no profit.

I believe T-Mobile just learne...

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What do you expect? Telekom coorporated with Microsoft on this. 2005-01-17
Anony-mouse
I am certain that they will now. Just realize that T-Mobile just got caught this time. It wouldn't surprise me the least to see one of the other carriers get caught too. T-Mobile's problem is just that the government was involved so they couldn't keep it quiet. (the government can't keep a secre...

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Also see the Telekom OBSOC-Case in Germany in 2004 2005-01-14
Anonymous
I don't know what your talking about. There is no "conspiracy theroy". Germany and the US run as two completely separate companies. ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
someone out there
Seems like his resume was not needed. He got a job after all.

Next

What is T-mobile doing storing pictures?

That is Sprints game.

Images should be bits on a wire and never stored on a server. Maybe cached in memory but never stored.

Would be hacker named ethics .. appeared to have none at...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
mangus (2 replies)
Did you ever stop to think that the USSS let the "eyes only" documets out on the net as bait? If you don't use bait when you go fishing you wont catch fish. Don't think for one minute the government didn't know what they were doing. Ethics just swallowed the bait along with all the other hacker m...

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no, actually ... 2005-01-19
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They're just that cavalier. Sorry to be the one to tell you. ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-22
Anonymous
Don't mistake 'pants down' with 'bait'.

If T-Mobile did this with their knowledge not only would they get sued but lose a lot of customers.

The USSS agent made mistakes and should be reprimanded and it is a smart move to hire crackers to bust other crackers....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous
And this is why I use a Treo 650. All stored locally, w/ available VPN software for security, and plenty of SSL enabled email apps....

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T-Mobile culpable? 2005-01-12
Anonymous (2 replies)
When T-Mobile became aware of the breach, should they not have closed the breach, and alerted us all to change our passwords?

Instead, even today, we are still at risk?...

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T-Mobile culpable? 2005-01-13
Anonymous
well i guess no more nudy pics will be taken with my cellphone's camera! ;)...

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T-Mobile culpable? 2005-01-14
Anonymous (1 replies)
If you are tracking someone to gain evidence it is not prudent to tip the target off.

This is common practice in many areas such as finance to prevent a bigger 'theft'.

What measurement is used to draw the line between catching or going public? This always difficult.

In US sensitive data i...

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T-Mobile culpable? 2005-01-15
Anonymous
I don't know about any other T-Mobile customers, but I'm outraged. TO find out that they've known since last summer that this hacker has been collecting our information, selling it to who knows who.

I'm terrified of identity theft. It doesn't only affect the cell phone owner but his and her own f...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous
I refused to give the phone company my social security number. They hassled me a bit but I prevaled. I knew they couldn't be trusted and this proves me correct.

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous
"A sophisticated computer hacker"

Possibly, but I doubt it - else he would still be anonymous. Of course, maybe he gambled (and won) on allowing himself to be "caught" so he could get the job he wanted...

It's all one's and zeros, "security is, at best, a shared illusion... when you decide not...

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what an idiot. He was too easy to catch. 2005-01-12
nonimportante (1 replies)
It sounds like he didn't even try to obfuscate his physical location.

There are many ways he could have hidden where we was connected from, maybe even setup a system that would at least tip him off that he was being looked for.

Perhaps it's better he was caught.

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what an idiot. He was too easy to catch. 2005-01-13
Anonymous
well, he'll be working for the secret service soon.

it's all a matter of perspective....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-12
Anonymous (1 replies)
Do I hear a Class Action Lawsuit coming? or I'm just dreaming?...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous
Only if enough people can prove they were actually harmed by the compromise i.e. had credit cards opened in their name or whatever....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous
It's a sad day when our own SS doesn't understand even the basics of network security... Doesn't make me feel too safe. And was the use of a commercial service for sensitive information even authorized? I just have to hope that isn't standard policy....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems...funny 2005-01-13
kaoru (1 replies)
For all the people criticizing him... please shhh. Why doesn't the government hire random people and train them...b/c even given the tools you cannot be simply trained to be an "excellent" hacker. It's more of a mindset and many techniques would be totally impossible for an average-good person to do...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems...funny 2005-01-13
Anonymoo (1 replies)
I would have to disagree with you. He made himself damn easy to catch. If you were at a hotel, and about to acess T-Mobile, wouldn't you review your protection first? He should have walked down the road to a net cafe. Same principles apply for the proxy server, and his ICQ. Being 21 is no excuse (I...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems...funny 2005-01-14
Anonymous (1 replies)
I just think that its odd he wasnt tried with all the other guys. Maybe this guy isnt so bad after all, and the ss know it?

Maybe he DOES have ethics......

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems...funny 2005-01-15
Anony-mouse
Even the best criminals make mistakes. The key is whether those looking for them discover it and know how to take advantage of it. ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous (1 replies)
After 9/11 I can't believe any government agency let alone a government security agency would allow internet access to their email system via a Sidekick type device. It seems so unlikely. I work for a Fortune 500 company (not security based) and we don't even allow that. Besides don't most governme...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-14
Anonymous
Reread it, it said that managers and such, would email the documents to the agents tmobile accoun....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous from germany
@kaoro:

I'm totally with you,

If more people of this kind would work e.g. at t-mobile / t-online / telekom (all connected in a way) they perhaps wouldn't have such a bad reputation in germany.

Together (formerly one company) they're the biggest cell phone, internet, and phone provider here in g...

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What notification? 2005-01-13
T-Mobile Customer
I'd love to be in on a class action lawsuit against T-Mobile for not notifying me of the breach. But that will never happen because the Secret Service is involved....

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Spooks writing propaganda 2005-01-13
*Anna
this article contradicts it self more then once, and is written the way spooks write their propaganda stories.

Don't believe the hype !

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How did he get in ? provides no learning to sec profess 2005-01-13
Umesh Chavan
Would be great if this article shares some details about how he got into the T-mobile systems. Was it bad system configuration or sheer genius on the hackers part. Its very important for Security professionals to keep a tab on such cases & use this information in securing systems in the future.

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous (1 replies)
Why are these young hacks glorified and idolized?? I wouldn't want this guy on my team. He clearly has no ethics and integrity. At the end of the day it's the integrity that I'd want, more so then "talent." His talent is obviously not that great because he did get caught - one year or not.

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Re: Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-06-08
Anonymous
I agree with you on the first part, but maybe he wanted to get caught? I mean, he made it too easy to get caught. Look at him now, he has his fifteen minutes of fame and he will be known for hacking T-Mobile forever.

Realistically, if he really wanted a security job, all he needed to do was cont...

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Shocking amateurism in the USSS? 2005-01-13
Anonymous
The story is nice, but in the end this is something that happens quite often and shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone unless they're really naive.

What's really unnerving to learn is that an intelligence agency like the usss is apparently using unsecured media over unsecured communication chann...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Blackberry User (1 replies)
My t-mobile rep tells me that blackberry users were not affected by this attack. Just curious what you all thought of that statement?...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous (1 replies)
You probably spoke to a sales person... Truth is that nothing is secure. If someone wants to hack something they will. What the truth may be is that T-Mobile left the door wide open for this fellow. I have heard of "Server Maintenance" people forgetting to update servers which resulted in a defaced ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-16
Anony-mouse
T-mobile is known for not updating their servers with critical security updates in a timely manner. Their IT department is more interested in up-time than up-dates. BTW, it's not much different here at Cingular or at ATT Wireless. I would be willing to bet that the others are guilty of this too. ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous (1 replies)
Why doesn't anyone suck it up and go to jail.

Also... Why are we rewarding hackers anyway? Is the SS too stupid to catch these guys without enlisting other guilty parties?...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-14
Anonymous
I just wish that last part about him considering being a snitch also is b.s.

What is it with all these cowards, turncoats and snitches?

Unless he weighs like 20 pounds, the kid should choose jail and learn how to fight.

Shows to me the lack of camraderie and the fear of incarceration in th...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous (1 replies)
Wow, truly we learn the value of a good analyst local to the US and why not to entrust our valuable information to some overseas company that could not care less about writing secure code. While some companies are not as guilty as others all of them do it....

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Re: Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-07-12
Anonymous
we have enough going on why make things more difficult here in the USA co-on WAKE UP!!!!!!!...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous
Soo...why did T-Mobile not tell any customers about the identity theft and the system hacker? maybe to keep their profit?...to not loose any customers because they are so greedy?...that makes me not want to be their customer! i think that because T-Mobil hadn't sent out any notifications, that the c...

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thoes @(#!@^&#'s 2005-01-13
Anonymous (1 replies)
So since t-mobile knew about the breach for a year, does that mean they are going to offer all their customers free service for a year also???

... I guess its time to find a new service....

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thoes @(#!@^&#'s 2005-01-16
Anony-mouse
Nah, they will probably become the most secure quickly.

I am guessing the usss told them not to since it could have tipped him off. ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-13
Anonymous
I've got serious doubts about the SS's ability to combat cyber crime. They can't even protect their own "vital" information from a kid trying to steal pictures from celebrities.

The potential implications of this are incredible. What Possibilites!...

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Hacker Attacks T-Mobile & Gets Job (rant) 2005-01-14
John B.* (1 replies)
To all that read this:

There are several comments that concern/frieghten me:

1. He's a genius to be able to hack top systems - give him a job...

...It's T-Mobile, not Bank of America, while they have some good systems, their main job is not securing your data, it's providing phone service. M...

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Hacker Attacks T-Mobile & Gets Job (rant) 2005-01-16
Amish Terrarium (1 replies)
You don't take part in a class action lawsuit to get rich.

You take part in a class action lawsuit to bloody the nose of some idiot business who deserves it.

As for lawyers, Shakespear said it best....

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Hacker Attacks T-Mobile &amp; Gets Job (rant) 2005-01-17
Anony-mouse
The only thing you do is to bloody the wallets of those who use it. If you want a worthwhile class action law suit, make them invest in more security, and don't ask for money, that would be a suit worthy of the intellegent masses. Class action lawsuits only serve to make a few lawyers rich and the...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-14
Anonymous
This very small incident lends a very large question; who else is looking at our information? Think about it. All sorts of spys and gov'ts, terrorists and criminal organizations have access to virtually anything.

I hope the US gov't looks at this as an "early warning" sign and takes the threat o...

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I'm a customer -- call customer service, give em hell 2005-01-14
Anonymous (2 replies)
All that I can do as a TMobile customer is call their customer service and give them a little hell and let them know that I am not happy about this. I just got off the phone. The poor rep at the other end asked me a few times to please stop using profanity. I feel for the guy, but I hope he bring...

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I'm a customer -- call customer service, give em hell 2005-01-17
Anony-mouse
Not very effective. You yelled at and demeaned an employee who had no fault in what happened and can't change the past. In addition, by using profanities, you sank pretty low.

Next time try to focus on being part of the solution, not just an additional problem.

Try to figure out how they...

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I'm a customer -- call customer service, give em hell 2005-01-25
Anonymous
Soon you will be routed to an offshore call centre, cause their staff refuse to deal with people who use profanity ;)...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-14
Anonymous (1 replies)
I am a former T-Mobile customers whose info was breached. I have been battling and battling with T-Mobile about mysterious numbers showing up on my phone bill along with an outrageous bill. I was a faithful T-Mobile customer for 5 yrs., paying roughly 32.00 per month consecutively. When out of nowhe...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-18
Anonymous
the only way you get phone #'s put on your bill is if you make to calls... you better stop using your phone and get a better rate plan...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-14
Blackberry User (1 replies)
Yeah, doesn't the government have security requirements... Where did the term "Government Grade Security" go? Granted, the Sidekick is a nice device, but hell.. it's for the consumer, who isn't in the business of investigating, etc etc.

And yes, the blackberry has several levels of security in ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-16
Anony-mouse
It is not that Blackberries can't be hacked (anything can be hacked given enough time and resources) but it is a little harder because of the encryption. If you think your blackberry is secure, think again. It is only more secure than the sidekick.

Don't be fooled into complacency....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-14
Anonymous
I've yet to see anyone report on the lapse of security at the t-mobile hotspots....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-14
Prakash
In April'04, I was shocked when I got a $900 bill from T-Mobile. Somebody had purchased 2 expensive phones. T-Mobile investigated it and waived the charges. Now I know what really happened!...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-14
Camper
Any information allowed to be on an insecure network by a government agency would fall into the category of honypot proxies. COMSEC and INFOSEC principles are applied in ALL goverment agencies. Had that information actually been sensitive, as in Classified, Secret, Top Secret, Confidential, the ge...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-15
Anonymous
We need to sue the government for ineptitude. A secret service agent who uses a cell phone. Does he chat to? IM: YOUR_SAFETY_MAN...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-15
Anonymous
Ha! It's just what he wanted anyway.......

a job in security....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-17
Darkstar (1 replies)
mmm, he broke the simplest, most basic rule in online security, he requested a proxy from his remote contact, so bad so bad ...

His potential new employers will use him for black bag online jobs, and dump him if he makes another mistake.

Maybe he needs a refresher h--p://darkfaqs.boom.ru/Proxi...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-23
Anonymous
You gotta be one amazingly stupid person to brag about such a thing... Ok.. at some point a hacker might hit the jackpot but JESUS... I never heard of a hacker being stupid enough to tell everyone. Matter of fact I would'nt even consider the kid a hacker i'd consider him a script kiddie.. as someone...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-18
Anonymous
woo.. i'm so impressed by USSS and by the kiddie.. not.

Boring.

Boring.

Boring.

If you're bored and want to break into 3g or other networks, it's simple enough. Posting is what gets you arrested. Don't share, you're fine. Don't discuss, you'll break into it. Networks are still unprotecte...

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Again, the reward for crime is a government job 2005-01-19
Anonymous
The only things that don't pay are honesty and integrity....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-19
Shadow X (1 replies)
they should get a better phone system like cingular....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-23
Glad the government is hiring people with dark pasts
If the government wasn't hiring idividuals who've done shady activities in the past they will always be a couple steps behind the criminals.

I say kudos to our government for taking a proactive approach rather than spending money on useless courses; for example, Extreme Hacking provided by Ernst ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-01-23
Anonymous
secret service pwned. rather funny story in my eyes. did he use windows? arent the secret service people schooled enough to setup a halfway secure computer system or was it just shitty badly supported software he used out of ignorance? should they rather employ some kids to spy on t-online users ins...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-07-12
Anonymous
could have chained several elite proxies together and gone to some place with a public wireless hub and kept his mouth shut...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-07-12
Anonymous
Love those function calls!...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-07-12
Anonymous
There you go. Cha-ching!...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2005-07-12
Anonymous
You could have also given a false SSN to the company. I never give my real SSN to anyone. Similarly, my phone #; not even my bank or my doctor's office knows it....

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems - WHATTA DIMWIT! 2005-09-01
JohnSK
Considering the tremendous risks this dude took, along with his presumably sophisticated hacking skillz, it is hilarious that he would totally undermine all this hard work with a braggart persona and furthermore, being l33to enough to hack from a hotel in which he was a guest and asking his conspira...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2006-04-17
Anonymous
I had over 300.00 taken from my checking account.It appeared as a debit to T-mobile but was not made by me nor was it applied to my account. It was at the same time of this hacking.....and T-mobile said they didn't know a thing....yeah right!I almost lost the money because my bank wouldn't see it as...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2006-07-18
Anonymous
And who says that a life of crime doesn't pay? Reduced prosecution, a new job, a new life? ...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2006-08-29
Anonymous (1 replies)
How much per month should I get for the t-mobile cell pole that's in my yard? Thanks...

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Re: Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2006-11-14
Anonymous
If you only knew the WHOLE TRUE STORY you would really be pissed! Take it from someone who knows first hand and the "Authorities" wont do a damn thing!!!...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2007-07-24
nbfmmore
Someone was able to go through tmobile and change my password and make my application just go crazy. I lost much information from whoever was out to damage my phone. I called Tmobile but they did not act concerned so I just hung up. Now I read about Tmobile being hacked its a scary thing not know wh...

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Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems 2008-04-03
Anonymous
hackers are good huh...but they tend to be clumsy when they are at peak of their work...that is why they are caught...anyway,to all hackers out there...do you know how to unlock a sidekick 2?...well, until now...none that i know of can unlock a sidekick 2 except t-mobile...

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