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VoIP Hacker Raises Security Concerns
SecurityProNews
Staff Writer
2006-06-08
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A man who operated an intricate scam to hack Internet VoIP services and resell the connections made at least one major mistake; he flaunted his riches in the state/country in which he orchestrated it.
Federal authorities arrested 23-year-old Edwin Andres Pena, a Venezuelan permanent US resident living inMiami, and Spokane, Washington's Robert Moore for their involvement in the deed.
Pena paid Moore $20,000 to hack more than 15 Internet phone companies so that he could sell "discounted" phone connections in Florida through two companies he created. Pena had the presence of mind to redirect the connections through the servers of a New York investment firm so that it appeared the phone traffic was routed from there.
While Pena made over $1 million selling the bogus phone connections, the 15 VoIP services racked up about $300,000 worth of connection fees each. According to the New York Times article, Pena went on a spending spree, buying real estate in south Florida, a 40-foot boat, a BMW, and a Cadillac Escalade. He even posted photos of his loot on the Internet.
The article rightly states that the case brings up serious questions about the overall security of Internet phone services on unregulated networks.
So far, most of the concern about the safety of Internet-based communications has focused on the ability of criminals to eavesdrop on calls, to fake caller ID's and to steal long-distance phone service.
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