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VoIP hacks gut Caller I.D.
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-07-06

Implementation quirks in Voice over IP are making it easy for hackers to spoof Caller I.D., and to unmask blocked numbers.

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VoIP hacks gut Caller I.D. 2004-07-07
Anonymous
Or course there are legitimate reasons for 'spoofing' your own phone number. For example, when I dial home from my work, my caller-id shows our corporate 1-800 number, not my direct dial number.

Mitnick did talk about this in his book as well... Spoofing caller ID is nothing new.

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