AT&T USES Clipper Chip
AT&T added the Clipper Chip to its phone after the government urged it to do so.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 12 Details
“AT&T added the Clipper Chip into the phone”
Organisation
organisation:at_t
Telecommunications company that sold an encrypted telephone and later incorporated the Clipper Chip into the phone.
Telecommunications company that sold an encrypted telephone and later incorporated the Clipper Chip into the phone.
“Around this time AT&T created a phone that would encrypt a phone call.”
“AT&T added the Clipper Chip into the phone”
The telecommunications company whose systems Mobman accessed and whose network experienced the described outage.
“He decides to refute the bill with AT&T.”
“I sat all night logging into different PBXs”
Internet-service provider identified in the investigation as providing the residential connection associated with an observed IP address.
“This IP address was for a residential internet connection that AT&T provided.”
Mobile provider Miles contacted after his phone service was transferred to another SIM.
“he called up AT&T, his provider at the time.”
Telecommunications company discussed in connection with SIM-swapping and the Michael Turpin lawsuit.
“insiders working at AT&T that helped do this.”
Mobile carrier whose account and SIM-activation procedures were socially engineered in the episode.
“I’m calling up AT&T”
Mobile carrier whose account and website weaknesses were discussed in connection with SIM swapping and information retrieval.
“AT&T was definitely the hardest”
“AT&T, you could put in a mobile number and then you could pull back their SSN”
Major U.S. telecommunications company whose nationwide telephone network suffered a major 1990 outage.
“AT&T wasn’t just a phone company; it was the phone company”
“a call-routing computer switch at AT&T failed.”
Telephone company whose network was accessed by hackers and whose 1990 outage was ultimately attributed to a software bug.
“connecting to switches at AT&T from home”
“AT&T admitted very publicly that the outage was caused by a bug in their own software”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | Clipper Chip | Explicit | 12 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | AT&T west coast network outage | Explicit | 20 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | The Pizza Problem | Explicit | 97 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Michael Turpin cryptocurrency theft | Explicit | 112 |
| incoming | USES | Conor Freeman | Explicit | 154 |
AT&T USES Clipper Chip
AT&T added the Clipper Chip to its phone after the government urged it to do so.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 12 Details
“AT&T added the Clipper Chip into the phone”
AT&T west coast network outage INVOLVES AT&T
The outage affected AT&T's network in California, Nevada, and the wider west coast area.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Mobman EP 20 Details
“we just have a big network outage over there”
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES AT&T
AT&T was the mobile provider that confirmed Miles’s SIM information had been changed during the first attack.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Miles EP 97 Details
“you called earlier and you changed your SIM information”
Michael Turpin cryptocurrency theft INVOLVES AT&T
Jack says AT&T insiders helped with the theft of $23 million from Michael Turpin's cryptocurrency wallet.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 112 Details
“In this case, it was insiders working at AT&T that helped do this”
Conor Freeman USES AT&T
Conor discusses using an AT&T account exploit to retrieve part of a victim’s Social Security number.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Conor Freeman EP 154 Details
“AT&T, you could put in a mobile number and then you could pull back their SSN or the last four of their SSN”