Hackers access your telephone system via a standard telephone line, or increasingly
through a VoIP telephone connection, and masquerade as an authorised user taking
control of your system to make unauthorised telephone calls.
Average toll fraud cost to Australian businesses - $78,000*
Telecommunications security experts predict that breaches are occurring daily in Australia resulting in millions of dollars in damage.
Most breaches are unreported, but the press have reported several cases that have involved litigation.
A few of the publicly exposed instances of toll fraud:
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| 23 February 2010 |
Change passwords to avoid phreaking phone fraud |
| 03 February 2010 |
Fugitive VoIP hacker admits 10 million minute spree |
| 07 January 2010 |
County discovers $4,700 in phone charges |
| 01 December 2009 |
PBX Fraud strikes Toronto |
| 26 November 2009 |
Phone fraudsters leave businesses on hook |
| 28 October 2009 |
Internet phone systems become the fraudster's tool |
| 19 October 2009 |
VoIP hack suspect fugitive extradited back to US |
| 02 October 2009 |
Toll fraud is alive and well |
| 02 September 2009 |
North Carolina business has been left with a $2,500 phone bill |
| 17 August 2009 |
Hackers leave Ottawa company with sky-high phone bill |
| 12 June 2009 |
International Phone Hacking Ring Busted; Stole $55 Million Calls |
| 08 June 2009 |
Sipera Systems Reports VoIP Toll Fraud Continues to Escalate |
| 18 May 2009 |
Our VoIP Hacked. $3K Bill |
| 13 May 2009 |
PBX hacking continues to threaten business owners |
| 11 February 2009 |
Fugitive VOIP hacker cuffed in Mexico (average $300k fraud) |
| 28 January 2009 |
Bell Canada Bills Customer $207K After Hack |
| 20 January 2009 |
Small business gets $120,000 bill after hackers attack VoIP phone |
| 19 December 2008 |
Man faces $52k bill after voicemail breach |
| 08 December 2008 |
FBI: Criminals auto-dialing with hacked VoIP systems |
| 25 August 2008 |
Hacker runs up US$12,000 Federal phone bill |
| 03 August 2008 |
The Ease of Hacking VoIP |
| 27 July 2008 |
Library phone system hacked |
| 10 June 2008 |
Bill-ware stops telco rip-offs |
| 18 April 2008 |
$78,000: that's one hack of a phone bill |
| 17 April 2008 |
Foreign hackers target Aussie companies |
| 12 February 2008 |
snom VoIP phone hacked |
| 18 July 2007 |
Hackers stealing PBX phone minutes to on-sell cheap |
| 17 October 2006 |
Telephone hack costs NSW firm AU$9,000 |
| 09 June 2006 |
Two Charged With Hacking VoIP Networks, Selling Long-Distance |
| 26 May 2006 |
Law firms join ‘phreaked’ out list |
| 19 April 2006 |
Nortel PABX hacked again |
| 16 April 2006 |
Telstra 'turns back on phone scam victims' |
| 23 November 2005 |
Phreakin’ hell: phone hacking costing Australia millions |
| 16 September 2005 |
Phone hack still a problem. companies told |
| 02 August 2005 |
Nearly 100 companies hit in phone hacking spree |
| 20 March 2005 |
Phone hackers tap into hospital |
Hackers and hacking
Once a term to describe a clever, efficient or nonobvious solution to a problem the term 'hacker' is now
synonymous with unauthorized and illegal activities involving technology predominantly computers and increasingly telephone systems.
'How to' guides on hacking are easily found online but for obvious reasons not provided here.
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Phone phreaking
Phone phreaking is a term used to describe those people who experiment with and explore PABXes,
telephone systems and other devices connected to public telephone systems. Phreaking has become
closely linked with hackers and hacking as telecommunications systems have become computerized.
The term 'phreak' is a combination of the terms 'phone' and 'freak'.
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