Lawful wiretap interfaces are vulnerable to unlawful exploits
posted in News & media on Feb 14th, 2010
The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act requires networks to provide interfaces that allow government to intercept data transmissions, just as they have long been able to tap telephone systems. But an IBM security researcher said criminals also could use the systems to wiretap the Internet. Tom Cross, manager of IBM Internet Security System’s X-Force [...]