Week 1 Flashcards
What did Joe Engressia figure out in 1957?
He could whistle a pitch perfect tone to close calls by whistling 2600 Hz frequencies.
Later on he went onto open and close calls by whistling and he was able to place free calls.
What did John Draper do?
he realised that blowing a toy whistle, that was distributed with a cereal box, could be used to place calls. Network operators went to security services and asked them to seek sanctions but they said it was the networks problem.
What is bookmaking?
Major organised crime, to place bets illegally.
How do security services monitor calls?
Meta-data to see who is placing the call and who it’s from.
What are the lessons learned from historical security failures?
Design decisions can have unintended consequences and some decision can be utilised by the curious as well as nefarious actors.
Infrastructure represented a significant investment by the organisation, but subsequently addressing security and other concerns required even more investment
