Ho well, is this shade of grey (hat) acceptable? I'm broke, on invalidity insurance, but would never ever sucks cocks of the spionage industry to get out tha hole, rather singing alanis morisette's debut song "I'm broke but I'm happy, I'm poor..." I could not care less. My 2cts. for looking myself in a mirror every morning and not throwing up too much. Personnal matter.
The two articles about SS7 hacking in my bookmarks:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/19/ss7-hack-explained-mobile...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-06/this-swiss-tech-exec-is-s...
Anyone knows about the advancement of the rollout of the replacement of SS7 in swiss phone operator networks, and its effectiveness to circumvent discovered loopholes over the years?
On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 10:18 AM Fredy Kuenzler via swinog < swinog@lists.swinog.ch> wrote:
A similar article has been published by several newspapers of the TX group (german, paywall).
Please note that Andreas Fink is a long term and valued member of our SwiNOG community and probably the person with the most SS7 knowledge. I suppose he is subscribed to this mailing list.
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Weltweite Angriffe auf Telecominfrastruktur – Schweizer ETH-Ingenieur beliefert die Spionage-Industrie https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweizer-eth-ingenieur-beliefert-die-spionage-industrie-183624712664 tagesanzeiger.ch https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweizer-eth-ingenieur-beliefert-die-spionage-industrie-183624712664
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-- Fredy Künzler
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Am 11.05.2023 um 09:56 schrieb Matthias Leisi via swinog < swinog@lists.swinog.ch>:
(Resend von der richtigen Absender-Adresse)
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-05-10/ty-article-...
The Secretive Swiss Dealer Enabling Israeli Spy Firms
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It leads from the Americas to Africa to South-East Asia, but also to Basel, a mediaeval town on the banks of the Rhine and the unassuming home of Andreas Fink, a Swiss telecom expert whose unusual skills have placed him at the centre of this industry.
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reveal how Fink's systems have served as a conduit for probing and attacking phone networks across the globe
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When contacted by this investigation, Fink admitted to working with companies and “legally entitled government agencies” as a provider of surveillance services.
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Fink's request to Robert was for "SS7 access" and "a bunch of global titles". In other words, he wanted a list of phone numbers, belonging to Robert's phone company, which could be used to send queries to other networks in other countries.
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