Friday, July 13, 2001

Hacked caller ID? I've recently discovered an incoming number in my caller ID list that looks suspiciously as a hack. The number is listed as 212-555-1212, which is a long-distance directory assistance for New York, NY and, AFAIK, cannot be an originating number. I called Verizon Communications, which serves both my home code 201 and New York's 212, and their service representative confirmed that call could not have originated from this number, but refused to speculate on why I would see it on my caller ID. I wonder how long will it take for exploits of such hole in telecommunication infrastructure to invalidate law enforcement evidence as in, say, RISKS-21.50 article by on Risks in inept election fraud, which mentions that > * Prosecutors say they traced the IP address back to an AT&T >WorldNet user who repeatedly used the "Katie Stevens" Hotmail >account by connecting from Gunhus' home number. (Guess they keep >Caller ID logs.) Alexandre Pechtchanski, Systems Manager, RUH, NY [Alexandre Pechtchanski via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 51] 0:00 # G!