Pacific Bell customers get messages on voice mail that they'd rather not hear
Valley Times (Livermore Valley area), 10 Feb 1994
Electronic hackers have been intruding in to the Pacific Bell voice mail
service. "The hackers have broken into the system, altering message
greetings and changing passwords, which can keep legitimate users out of
their mailbox." Pacific Bell spokeswoman Sandy Hale said that it is a rare
occurrence. Patrice Papalus Director of the San Francisco-based Computer
Security Institute said "Telecommunications, computer and switchboard fraud
is on the increase...Breaking into voice mail is really common."
The article went on to say that two teenagers who were infuriated because they
didn't receive a free computer game poster in a magazine promotion broke into
IDG's voice-mail system and distributed obscene messages and greetings to
female employees. In some cases, customers couldn't get through.
"The violations are unauthorized use of telephone services and a computer
crime," said Joe Cancilla, an Asst. V.P. of external affairs with Pac Bell.
Etc.
Lin Zucconi zucconi@llnl.gov ["Lin Zucconi" via risks-digest Volume 15, Issue 51]
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