VoIP theft nets $1M, two arrests
Posted by oddcrap on 12 June 2006 - 11:30 · 3 comments & 3026 views
A Miami businessman has been accused of breaking into the computers of VoIP service providers and reselling stolen minutes to unsuspecting customers. Edwin Andres Pena allegedly netted over $1m as a result of the scam. According to prosecutors, Pena used brute force attacks to flood VoIP providers with test calls in order to discover working prefix codes used authorise calls on the network.

Working with a hacker, Pena is accused of identifying vulnerable computers and reprogramming them to accept VoIP traffic so that it appeared to originate from a third party. Using the prefix codes, Pena routed voice traffic through the compromised third-party network. Pena apparently sold more than 10 million minutes of VoIP calls at heavily discounted rates. If convicted he faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

News source: VNU.net


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by RangerLG on 12 Jun 2006 - 13:17
Wasn't this already posted?

http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=33528
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Colin-uk on 12 Jun 2006 - 14:36
maybe this is the follow up
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by oddcrap on 12 Jun 2006 - 20:21
Quote - Colin-uk said @ #2
maybe this is the follow up


Indeed, it is
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