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Memo to Trump: US telecoms is vulnerable to hackers. Please hang up and try again | John Naughton

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At the root of the problem are chronic security vulnerabilities in SS7 , an arcane, decades-old , technical protocol for routing phone calls and messages.

These vulnerabilities can be exploited by hackers to do a variety of harms: track any mobile phone anywhere in the world; listen to calls; read and redirect SMS messages; intercept internet traffic; and interfere with user connectivity or network availability, to name just a few.

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