Congressman Ted Lieu
In the May 7, 2010 Judiciary Report article "The
FBI And Mobile Phone Spying" and the April 28, 2011
article "Rupert
Murdoch Compromised National Security With Illegal Phone
Hacking And Wiretapping" the site stated:
"The U.S. Congress has failed to stop this criminal
misconduct, which some of them have benefited from and
illegally so. However, whether they realize it or not, the
aforementioned misuse of technology, poses a severe danger
to national security. If a non-government worker or foreign
entity, secretly uses the aforementioned tactics on members
of Congress, they could listen into high ranking,
classified, closed session meetings, simply by targeting a
senator's mobile phone, with inexpensive malware and spyware.
If they target the mobile phones belonging to the family
members of Congress people, they could also spy on the
entire family in their home, by default and eventually hear
and see things they are not entitled to under the law, which
could also damage national security. After all, many people
take their work home."
Congressman Ted Lieu on his mobile phone
Years after the Judiciary Report's aforementioned 2010 and
2011 articles, in April 2016 the CBS News program "60
Minutes" hacked the mobile phone of Congressman Ted Lieu of
California, with his consent, to show him it could be done.
They were able to secretly listen into his calls,
conversations and track him everywhere he went. Lieu, who
has a degree in computer science was astonished.
Lieu stated of the hacking and GPS stalking via his mobile
phone, "It was really creepy that they knew where I was even
though the GPS was turned off. I always sort of thought that
whatever I say on my phone or type in my computer … other
people will potentially see it. Now it’s very real to me.
This flaw affects everybody. It affects daily life. There
are just thousands of ways this flaw affects commerce … and
national security. I’m sure the Donald Trump campaign would
love to know what the Ted Cruz campaign manager is saying on
his cellphone."
STORY SOURCE
Congressman Calls for Cellphone Hacking Investigation After CBS Program
Congressman Calls for Cellphone Hacking Investigation After CBS Program
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 5:41 pm - WASHINGTON (Los
Angeles Times/TNS) - U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-California) is
asking for a congressional investigation after an episode of
a CBS program in which his phone was hacked to show how easy
it is. In a segment that aired Sunday night, the news
program purchased an iPhone in New York and sent it to Lieu
in California. Lieu, who has a computer science degree from
Stanford, agreed to use the phone as his personal device for
a week.
CBS then gave the phone’s number to a German
company that looks for security flaws in technology, and two
German hackers were able to easily listen to Lieu’s phone
calls. Lieu said that when he showed up to tape the segment
in Washington, the hackers had told producers which hotel
he’d stayed at the night before.“It was really creepy that
they knew where I was even though the GPS was turned off,”
he said by phone Monday.
The segment also shows different hackers
demonstrating a technique that allowed them to access
reporter Sharyn Alfonsi’s emails, ride-sharing account and
credit card information when she got onto a fake wireless
internet network made to look like it belonged to the hotel
where she was staying.
Lieu said he’s always tried to be careful
what he writes and says, but the experience has him thinking
about how many elected officials are using phones that might
have been hacked. He also has been using encrypted messaging
systems. “I always sort of thought that whatever I say on my
phone or type in my computer … other people will potentially
see it,” he said. “Now it’s very real to me.”...
