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The US, British, Canadian, Swiss, Swedish, German and Dutch Olympic committees told their teams they should use disposable phones in Beijing, which they can bin after the event. ....
Last modified on Wed 16 Dec 2020 16.28 EST The Israeli private intelligence company Rayzone Group appears to have had access to the global telecommunications network via a mobile operator in the Channel Islands in the first half of 2018, potentially enabling its clients at that time to track the locations of mobile phones across the world. Invoices seen by the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism suggest Rayzone, a corporate spy agency that provides its government clients with “geolocation tools”, used an intermediary in 2018 to lease an access point into the telecoms network via Sure Guernsey, a mobile operator in the Channel Islands. ....
NSO used real people’s location data to pitch its contact-tracing tech, researchers say Researchers say NSO s use of real data violated the privacy of thousands of unwitting people. Spyware maker NSO Group used real phone location data on thousands of unsuspecting people when it demonstrated its new COVID-19 contact-tracing system to governments and journalists, researchers have concluded. NSO, a private intelligence company best known for developing and selling governments access to its Pegasus spyware, went on the charm offensive earlier this year to pitch its contact-tracing system, dubbed Fleming, aimed at helping governments track the spread of COVID-19. Fleming is designed to allow governments to feed location data from cell phone companies to visualize and track the spread of the virus. NSO gave several news outlets each a demo of Fleming, which NSO says helps governments make public health decisions “without compromising individual privacy.” ....
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[email protected] Bahamas-based cyber security experts yesterday argued that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company s (BTC) outdated network equipment left it vulnerable to penetration by malign actors. Scott MacKenzie, Cloud Carib s managing director, told Tribune Business that it was easy to access BTC’s systems because the carrier, and possibly its immediate parent, Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), were using legacy networks and equipment that are at least 20 years out-of-date. Speaking following allegations that Chinese state-owned entities had used BTC s network to spy on US citizens, Mr MacKenzie said: “The issue relating to the SS7 network that China allegedly hacked into is that SS7 is a very, very old protocol that was primarily used in PSTN (Public switched telephone network). ....