SS7 or Signaling System 7: Two journalists from '60 minutes' wanting to find out how safe our phones have been asked by Security Research Labs professionals to break the iPhone of Ted Lieu, a member of the Congress and the House of Commons on IT Surveillance and Reform, who agreed to be the group's experimental.
The professionals at Security Research Labs have proven that no device is safe since they can have it access σε “ασφαλή” data having only one phone number.
With the phone number alone, the team was able to listen and record Lieu's phone calls, track his every move, see his contacts, and create a archive recording of all incoming and outgoing calls.
The best; …the hack performed on Lieu's device can work on any phone, from any carrier, any operating system, all thanks to a flaw security in a feature you've probably never heard of.
Signaling System 7 (or Signaling System 7 - SS7) is a global network that connects all telephone operators around the world in a single node.
The hack exploits a known security flaw in SS7, which has proven to be relatively difficult to determine due to the way the 7 Signaling System works.
Currently, Signaling System 7 usesof all cells networks of the world, so the vulnerability affects all devices from every provider around the world.
Are you still wondering how the NSA can monitor us?
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