(Reuters) - Two security experts said they have figured out how to spy on Verizon Wireless mobile phone customers by hacking into devices the U.S. carrier sells to boost wireless signals indoors.
Femtocells, which act as tiny cellphone towers, can be purchased directly from Verizon for $250.
Used models can be obtained online for about $150.
Ritter and his colleague, Doug DePerry, demonstrated for Reuters how they can eavesdrop on text messages, photos and phone calls made with an Android phone and an iPhone by using a Verizon femtocell that they had previously hacked.
(Reuters video showing part of demonstration: reut.rs/12AeGbG)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/15/us-verizon-hacking-idUSBRE96E06X20130715
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