Ohhhhhhh boy guess who is making some changes to his cell phone voicemail. If you want to see how Paris Hilton’s voicemail was hacked you have to read the following story. [KevinRose.com]
Geek News Central strongly urges those of you with cell phones to enable password on your voice mail. I have not as of yet been asked to take this story down. With sites getting scared and pulling the story it appears that their may some validity to the information.
For those of you that are inclined to experiment I am warning you that this is getting serious attention and I am sure that the federal authorities are looking to throw anyone in Jail that crosses the line. If you can’t do the time don’t do the crime.
UPDATE: Kevin Rose has pulled the story.. Here is the crux to what was found. Seems some Cell voicemail systems rely on caller id to authenticate the caller and if you do not require a password to be put in to check the voicemail then someone calling your cellphone number that spoofs the Caller ID has instant access to your account. This is the crux to what was on the Kevin Rose website. My advice enable voice mail passwords immediately!
Update #2 I have been asked to take down the link that was in this location by another website owner.