Computer Crime In The 1990s

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Computer Crime In The 1990's

Computer Crime In The 1990's

     We're being ushered into the digital frontier. It's a cyberland with
incredible promise and untold dangers.  Are we prepared ? It's a battle between
modern day computer cops and digital hackers.  Essentially just think what is
controlled by computer systems, virtually everything.
     By programming a telephone voice mail to repeat the word yes over and over
again a hacker has beaten the system. The hacker of the 1990's is increasingly
becoming more organized very clear in what they're looking for and very, very
sophisticated in their methods of attack.. As hackers have become more
sophisticated and more destructive, governments, phone companies and businesses
are struggling to defend themselves.

Phone Fraud

     In North America the telecommunications industry estimates long distance
fraud costs five hundred million perhaps up to a billion every year, the exact
the exact figures are hard to be sure of but in North America alone phone fraud
committed by computer hackers costs three, four maybe even up to five billion
dollars every year. Making an unwitting company pay for long distance calls is
the most popular form of phone fraud today. The first step is to gain access to
a private automated branch exchange known as a "PABX" or "PBX". One of these can
be found in any company with twenty or more employees. A "PABX" is a computer
that manages the phone system including it's voice mail. Once inside a "PABX" a
hacker looks for a phone whose voice mail has not yet been programmed, then the
hacker cracks it's access code and programs it's voice mail account to accept
charges for long distance calls, until the authorities catch on, not for a few
days, hackers can use voice mail accounts to make free and untraceablecalls to
all over the world. The hackers that commit this type of crime are becoming
increasingly organized. Known as "call cell operators" they setup flyby night
storefronts were people off the street can come in and make long distance calls
at a large discount, for the  call cell operators of course the calls cost
nothing, by hacking into a PABX system they can put all the charges  on the
victimized companies tab. With a set of stolen voice mail access codes known as
"good numbers" hackers can crack into any phone whenever a company disables the
phone they're using. In some cases call cell operators have run up hundreds of
thousands of dollars in long distance charges, driving busine...

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