Sex message put on female MP’s voicemail gr eeting by hacker who disabled Commons telephone syst em
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2041560/Sex-message-female-MP-s-voicemail-greeting-hacker-disabled-Commons-telephone-system.html By Simon Walters and Glen Owen Mail Online 25th September 2011 Police are searching for a hacker who disabled the House of Commons telephone system, penetrated an MP’s voicemail and left a sexually offensive message as his calling card. The incident prompted an urgent review of Westminster’s protection against ‘cyber terrorist’ attacks. MPs arrived at their Commons offices this month to discover that the phone network had crashed overnight. Claire Perry, Tory MP for Devizes, found that her voicemail had been changed to ask callers whether they had recently indulged in a sex act. [...] _____________________________________________________________ Register now for the #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/