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Re:Reddit Security Incident by css on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @01:27PM (#17664690)
Either some sort of ss7 exploit [0] or the attackers socially engineered the cell service provider [1]. This happened to some big YouTubers in the past [2].

[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/12/18...

[1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/10/att_falls_for_hacke...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caVEiitI2vg

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Re:Reddit Security Incident by AnoniMoose on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @01:33PM (#17664772)
You don't need ss7 0days.

One one hand it's hilariously insecure to begin with, especially now lots of it gets trucked over the internet. On the other hand, there's a number of companies selling access and associated services for trivial amounts of money.

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