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What Else Could Possibly Go Wrong ?

edited December 2021 in The OT Bullpen
Criminal hackers are now going after phone lines, too

• the number of phone calls that take place at least partially over the internet has quietly and dramatically increased in recent years

• carriers are routing tens of thousands of simultaneous calls over the internet

• if those digital phone lines come under attack, the behind-the-scenes mechanisms for beaming voices online begins to crumble fairly quickly

• providers are mostly keeping quiet about these attacks

➤ Link to NPR article
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