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Re:Google Pressure Cookers and Backpacks, Get a Visit from t... by nhance on Thursday August 01, 2013 @01:54PM (#6142093)
Quick question: What if News corp was fed the details of voicemails that they "hacked" through government agencies in an effort to keep the public placated through meaningless news stories?

I know it's not on topic, but with everything coming to light, it would not surprise me. Was it ever discovered how News Corp got the private voicemails for their stories?

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Re:Google Pressure Cookers and Backpacks, Get a Visit from t... by boingy on Thursday August 01, 2013 @01:57PM (#6142118)
They exploited the fact that people didn't change the default passwords on their voicemail (e.g. 1234) and so were able to access them remotely using the same system a legitimate user who needed to access their voicemail remotely would use.
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