{"id":93188,"date":"2020-10-20T08:53:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T05:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/telecoms-protocol-from-1975-exploited-to-target-20-crypto-executives\/"},"modified":"2020-10-20T08:53:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T05:53:21","slug":"telecoms-protocol-from-1975-exploited-to-target-20-crypto-executives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/telecoms-protocol-from-1975-exploited-to-target-20-crypto-executives\/","title":{"rendered":"# Telecoms protocol from 1975 exploited to target 20 crypto executives"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# Telecoms protocol from 1975 exploited to target 20 crypto executives <\/strong>”
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Hackers compromised the Telegram messenger and email accounts of multiple cryptocurrency executives last month by exploiting a vulnerability in a decades old protocol.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The fraudsters are believed to have been trying to intercept two-factor authentication codes of victims in an attack on Israel-based telecommunications provider Partner Communications Company, formerly known as Orange Israel.<\/p>\n

The attacks are currently being investigated by Israel\u2019s National Cyber Security Authority, and national intelligence agency Mossad.<\/p>\n

According to cybersecurity publication Bleeping Computer<\/a>, the devices of at least 20 Partner clients were compromised. <\/p>\n

Israel-based cybersecurity firm Pandora Security\u2019s analysis of the event suggests the devices were likely breached via a Signaling System 7 (SS7) attack. SS7 comprises a set of protocols that are used to facilitate the exchange of information within public switched telephone networks (PSTNs) interacting over digital signaling networks. <\/p>\n

Hackers can exploit SS7 to intercept text messages and calls by using a roaming feature and \u201cupdating the location of their device as if it registered to a different network.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite first being developed in 1975, the SS7 protocol is currently in widespread use globally.<\/p>\n

Pandora co-founder Tsashi Ganot warned that national governments must update their telecommunications infrastructure to protect against modern security threats. <\/p>\n

He said the hackers had also impersonated their victims on Telegram in unsuccessful attempts to lure close acquaintances into making crypto trades:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn some cases, the hackers posed as the victims in their [Telegram] accounts and wrote to some of their acquaintances, asking to exchange BTC for ETC and the like […] as far as we’re aware no one fell for the bait.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The SS7 attacks are reminiscent of SIM-swapp<\/a>ing that reassigns the phone number associated with a victim\u2019s SIM-card to a device under the hackers\u2019 control.\u00a0<\/p>\n

U.S.-based telecom providers have faced multiple lawsuits from crypto executive clients that have been targeted by SIM-swap attacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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