Technique
technique:shadow_phones
Also: shadow cell phones, shadow devices, shadow phone lines
Mobile-phone endpoints used to receive parallel copies of intercepted calls and call metadata.
Mobile-phone endpoints used to receive parallel copies of intercepted calls and call metadata.
“the data was sent to shadow cell phones instead”
“hackers had a total of fourteen shadow cell phone lines”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | INVOLVES | Vodafone Greece wiretapping affair | Explicit | 64 |
| incoming | USES | Vodafone Greece wiretapping malware | Explicit | 64 |
Vodafone Greece wiretapping affair INVOLVES shadow phones
The intercepted calls were routed to fourteen shadow cell-phone lines used by the hackers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 64 Details
“hackers had a total of fourteen shadow cell phone lines which would pick up and listen to any of the phones that were on that list”
Vodafone Greece wiretapping malware USES shadow phones
The malware sent intercepted-call metadata and audio through shadow phones rather than directly to a law-enforcement interface.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 64 Details
“the data was sent to shadow cell phones instead”