Communications Legislation Body Cautions Businesses Over Phone Systems Hacking Scandal
Results presented by the communications regulator have said that there has been various cases of unlawful hacking of phone systems in the first part of 2011.
The Commission for Communications Regulation (Comreg) has distributed an alert to all companies and organisations after there was an increase in the quantity of individuals who think their telephone exchanges have been illicitly compromised.
The statutory body, that is in charge of the regulation of the electronic communications sector which includes telecommunications, radiocommunications and broadcasting transmission and the postal market, examined 22 complaints from the first six months of this year and of these issues, 21 were regarded valid.
Although this is a drop in the number of issues from 25 in 2010, the news follows the stunning phone hacking scandal at the News of the World where numerous editorial staff presumably hacked the telephone systems of lost children’s parents and dead soldier’s relatives.
Comreg is stressing the practice is not comparable as attacks have usually occurred when the areas are vacant or when telephone usage is not supervised. But business owners are increasingly being recommended to make sure security software is up-to-date and to take precautionary procedures. Get the newest security software installed to be safe from hacking attacks with the professionals at Abbey Telecom.