Masu binciken harkokin tsaro sun ce sun gano alamun wani gagarumin gangamin leken asiri da ya hada da satar bayanan kiran da aka samu ta hanyar kutse na hanyoyin sadarwar wayar salula.
Rahoton ya bayyana cewa, a cikin shekaru bakwai da suka gabata, masu satar bayanai sun yi ta kutsawa cikin tsari sama da 10 na wayoyin salula a duniya. Wannan ya ba maharan damar mallakar tarin bayanan kira, gami da lokacin kiran da aka yi, da kuma wurin masu biyan kuɗi.
Masu bincike daga Cybereason, wanda ke Boston ne suka gano babban kamfen na leƙen asiri. Masana sun ce maharan na iya bin diddigin inda kowane abokin ciniki yake ta hanyar amfani da sabis na daya daga cikin kamfanonin sadarwar da aka yi wa kutse.
A cewar masana, masu satar bayanan sun saci bayanan kira, wanda cikakkun bayanai ne na metadata da kamfanonin sadarwa ke samarwa yayin da suke yiwa abokan cinikin yin kira. Ko da yake wannan bayanan ba ya haɗa da maganganun da aka yi rikodin ko saƙonnin SMS da aka aika, nazarin su na iya ba da cikakken haske game da rayuwar yau da kullun ta mutum.
Wakilan Cybereason sun ce an yi rikodin hare-haren hacker na farko kusan shekara guda da ta gabata. Masu satar bayanai sun yi kutse cikin kamfanonin sadarwa daban-daban, inda suka kafa hanyar shiga yanar gizo ta dindindin. Masana sun yi imanin cewa irin waɗannan ayyukan na maharan suna da nufin karɓa da aikawa da canza bayanai daga ma'ajin bayanai na ma'aikatan sadarwa ba tare da shigar da ƙarin software na lalata ba.
Masu binciken sun ce masu kutse sun iya kutsawa cikin hanyar sadarwar daya daga cikin kamfanonin sadarwa ta hanyar amfani da wata matsala a cikin sabar gidan yanar gizo, wacce ake shiga daga Intanet. A dalilin haka ne maharan suka samu gindin zama a cikin cibiyar sadarwa ta kamfanin sadarwa, inda bayan haka suka fara satar bayanan masu amfani da wayar. Bugu da kari, masu satar bayanan sun tace tare da danne tarin bayanan da aka zazzage, suna tattara bayanai game da takamaiman manufa.
Yayin da ake ci gaba da kai hare-hare kan ma'aikatan wayar salula, wakilan Cybereason ba za su ce kamfanonin da aka yi niyya ba. Sai dai sakon ya ce wasu daga cikin kamfanonin manyan kamfanonin sadarwa ne. An kuma lura cewa ba a sami masu kutse da sha'awar kamfanin sadarwa na Arewacin Amurka ba.
source: 3dnews.ru