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Hackers homing in on Cellular Phones

Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 7th of February 2005 03:12:14 AM Filed under
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This story kinda hits home for me as I now work on a computer all day for cingular wireless (formerly AT&T in our branch). I guess this is why call volume has been increasing steadily lately. Here's the full story on Reuter's slow ass site.

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Submitted by Texstar on Monday 7th of February 2005 03:30:00 AM.

I read a story today that some car computers were getting infected with virus from cell phones utilizing bluetooth. Mainly the virus was disabling security features on those luxury cars.

No kiddin?

Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 7th of February 2005 03:40:31 AM.

Man, those hackers have no shame. Don't need a slim jim to jack cars anymore, just a pda!

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Here

Submitted by Texstar on Monday 7th of February 2005 03:41:20 AM.

Link to the Car Virus Story

Good work excuse

Submitted by Texstar on Monday 7th of February 2005 08:56:37 AM.

Hey boss, I cant come to work today, my car has a virus.

re: Good work excuse

Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 7th of February 2005 02:20:12 PM.

teehee. I'll have to remember that one!

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