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 at your expense and
have been tied to terrorists.
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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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| 19 April 2012 |
Telstra hands telephone 'spoofing' inquiry to police |
| 08 April 2012 |
Phreakin’ hell: phone hacking costing Australia millions |
| 04 April 2012 |
Fears Newcastle home phones hacked for sex and bet calls |
| 27 March 2012 |
Businesses warned of phone hacking |
| 24 March 2012 |
1000 scam calls hit WA business |
| 20 March 2012 |
Phreakin’ hell: phone hacking costing Australia millions |
| 12 March 2012 |
Bangor auto parts company victim of phone hacking |
| 05 March 2012 |
'Home Secretary given 'secret' phone-hacking briefing claiming it was 'widespread' in 2006 |
| 12 January 2012 |
Asterisk Hack Post-mortem |
| 02 January 2012 |
Hacking telephone systems still big business in SA [South Africa] |
| 15 December 2011 |
ComReg warns firms to be on guard against PBX fraud |
| 30 November 2011 |
How Filipino phreakers turned PBX systems into cash machines for terrorists |
| 28 November 2011 |
Phone-Hacking Gang Had Terror Ties, Police Say |
| 27 November 2011 |
AT&T Customer Phone Hacking Tied To Terrorists |
| 12 November 2011 |
Hacked and an UTS bill of over ANG 100.000 (in a month) |
| 30 September 2011 |
Local company on the hook for $10K in bogus phone charges? |
| 28 August 2011 |
Huge AAPT Bill ($30,000) in one week |
| 19 July 2011 |
PABX SCAM - I have just been billed for $2000 of calls to Djibouti |
| 14 June 2011 |
Someone made $1000 of calls on my voip |
| 13 May 2011 |
Hackers turn Cisco phones into remote bugging devices |
| 07 May 2011 |
Local businessman on the hook for phone scam |
| 21 April 2011 |
International hackers ring up the bills |
| 15 April 2011 |
Toll fraud occurring in city |
| 14 April 2011 |
WA businesses hit in VoIP phone hacking attack |
| 12 April 2011 |
Perth firms phreaked by VoIP hackers |
| 05 April 2011 |
iiNet VOIP Hacked - Libya Calls A Plenty |
| 20 March 2011 |
PBXs prey to phreakers |
| 22 February 2011 |
Phone Hacking (Phreaking) – Attacks in the Harrogate area |
| 11 February 2011 |
Phone hacking costs two firms £28,000 |
| 07 February 2011 |
PBX hackers cost businesses a billion |
| 04 February 2011 |
Update: Sprint accounts being hijacked to make long distance calls |
| 01 February 2011 |
Telephone scam warning |
| 25 November 2010 |
$83,000 long-distance bill off the dial |
| 05 November 2010 |
Hackers chat for 26 hours on Ore. town's phones |
| 26 October 2010 |
Business Counts the Cost of Phone Hacking |
| 30 September 2010 |
Asterisk PBX hacked... and someone in Moscow made $100 of calls |
| 24 September 2010 |
VoIP hacker sentenced to 10 years - 10 million minutes hijacked |
| 19 August 2010 |
Phone hacking hurts NZ businesses |
| 09 August 2010 |
Reseller falls victim to telephone hacking |
| 25 July 2010 |
i been hacked - telkom pstn line |
| 28 June 2010 |
Businesses hit by communication fraud including telephone hacking... estimated $80 billion |
| 26 May 2010 |
Phones become hacker favourite: AFP |
| 26 May 2010 |
Hackers targeting phone systems, warn Australian police |
| 06 April 2010 |
Phone hackers target NZ firms |
| 29 March 2010 |
Phone companies don't protect against fraud |
| 18 March 2010 |
$45,582 telephone bill: ... security breach traced back to Somalia |
| 04 March 2010 |
Update: Sprint accounts being hijacked to make long distance calls |
| 23 February 2010 |
Change passwords to avoid phreaking phone fraud |
| 16 February 2010 |
VOIP Gets Hacked and FOIP Has Too Much Liability For... Use |
| 08 February 2010 |
98% of hackers also hit businesses with Dial Through 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 PBXes,
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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