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There's a major vulnerability in the way phone networks talk to each other - and hackers have used it to drain victims' bank accounts.
What's more: The issue has been known about for years, and public demonstrations have highlighted the issue, but nothing had been done about it.
It was designed as a security measure to increase protection of internet users across the globe.
But hackers have used a well-known security vulnerability in worldwide mobile telecoms networks to steal access codes to online bank accounts.
The exploit could be used against any bank that uses two-step login verification, as well as high-profile websites like Facebook, Google and many others.
Hackers have exploited the Signaling System #7 international telecommunications signaling protocol as part of a two-stage attack designed to drain money from people's online bank accounts.
The attacks successfully targeted online bank account holders in Germany by using call-forwarding features built into the SS7 protocol, German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reports.
A U.S. congressman is again calling for the FCC and telecom industry to fix a security flaw in the Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) that is allowing hackers to bypass two-factor authentication and wipe out bank accounts.
The issue was again brought to light when European carrier O2-Telefonica reported that some of its customers had been hit with attacks taking advantage of the SS7 vulnerability resulting in money being removed from their bank accounts.
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Hackers have taken advantage of a known security vulnerability in mobile networks that allowed them to intercept two-factor authentication messages to hijack user login information and drain bank accounts.
We've known for years that a key protocol that allows global cellular networks to communicate with each other had vulnerabilities -- and nobody really took it that seriously.
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Washington – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding the news that hackers have used the SS7 vulnerability in the global mobile network to drain bank customer accounts.
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Washington – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding the disturbing and provocative moves recently made by the Trump Administration regarding North Korea.