Datamation: FoIP (Fraud over IP) | Linux Today

Datamation: FoIP (Fraud over IP)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 7, 2006

“Alarm bells should be going off at VoIP providers everywhere
after the recent case in which a fraudulent VoIP aggregator routed
as many as 10 million minutes of calls through other providers’
networks and pocketed an estimated $1 million in fees from its
customers.

“Two men were arrested last month, one in Miami, one in Spokane,
Washington. The Spokane resident had hacked into an unprotected
corporate IP network and into the networks of several VoIP
providers…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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