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Mobile networks cracked

Stuart Sumner

04 January 2011 •

Hackers have demonstrated that they can now listen in on calls and read texts sent over any GSM network

Two hackers have demonstrated that they can listen to calls and read texts sent by mobile phones over GSM networks while at the Chaos Computer Club Congress in Berlin, according to the BBC. Two ...

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