The National Security Agency (NSA) infiltrated the servers of a major Pakistani cellular service provider.
According to Wikileaks, NSA hacked into the Pakistani mobile network servers .
Wikileaks claimed that data includes the massive dump of encrypted data, which is still being analysed by network security researchers, divulges how NSA used the exploits to infiltrate cellular operators in Pakistan.
Hundreds of NSA cyber weapons variants publicly released including code showing hacking of Pakistan mobile system https://t.co/bL833ktQpm
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 8, 2017
A snippet releases from the WikiLeaks depicts, several terabytes in size, includes at least 14 lines mentioning different servers operated by a major Pakistani cellular network.
The snippet, analysed by a security researcher who goes by the name X0rz, appears to show NSA operators sharing a step-by-step technical guide on how to hack into the servers.
“Try one of the following…old way, may not work on new machines,” says one section of the snippet.
Another section appears to show methods to retrieve call logs of users of the Pakistani cellular service.
“If searching for LACs and cell id’s, use the format in the documentation…if searching for phone numbers, use the normal format,” it says.
