Thursday, March 16, 2017

A Security Expert Warned Congress That T-Mobile's DC Cell Network Has Been Hacked

Rep. Ted Lieu and a group of security researchers have been warning for a year that a vulnerability in the global communications network supporting cell service could offer hackers and foreign powers a way to exploit our phones. Now, according to a cybersecurity expert who contacted Rep. Lieu’s office, it seems hackers may have taken advantage of this security hole to infiltrate cell networks in Washington, DC.

The Washington Free Beacon reported Thursday that it had reviewed documents suggesting that hackers had stolen massive amounts of location data from phones in



source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/16/a-security-expert-warned-congress-that-t-mobile039s-dc-cell-network-has-been-hacked/

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