Organisation
organisation:ericsson
Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer that supplied the AXE exchanges used by Vodafone Greece.
Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer that supplied the AXE exchanges used by Vodafone Greece.
“their equipment provider which was Ericsson”
“Ericsson began troubleshooting and looking into it”
Telecommunications company listed among customers reportedly affected by the campaign.
“the telecom giant Ericsson”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | DISCOVERED_BY | Vodafone Greece wiretapping malware | Explicit | 64 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | Remote-control equipment subsystem | Explicit | 64 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | Interception management system | Derived | 64 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Cloud Hopper | Attributed | 103 |
Vodafone Greece wiretapping malware DISCOVERED_BY Ericsson
Ericsson discovered the unusual executable files and determined that they constituted malware.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 64 Details
“Ericsson had some big news for Vodafone Greece. They’d been digging around on these devices”
“Ericsson came to the conclusion this is malware”
Remote-control equipment subsystem DEVELOPED_BY Ericsson
Ericsson implemented the RES lawful-interception technology in its telephone switches.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 64 Details
“On the tech side, Ericsson implemented lawful intercept technology directly into their telephone switches.”
Interception management system DEVELOPED_BY Ericsson
The IMS interface was part of Ericsson’s lawful-interception technology.
Derived Confidence 91% · Jack Rhysider EP 64 Details
“Then there’s the interception management system, or IMS, which is the user interface that controls this wiretapping feature.”
Cloud Hopper INVOLVES Ericsson
Reuters reportedly listed Ericsson among customers affected by the compromised service providers.
Attributed Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 103 Details
“the telecom giant Ericsson”