A French hacker claims he has found a flaw in the commonly used Short Messaging Service (SMS) that lets people send text messages from accounts not their own, similar to how emails are often purportedly sent from a user's email account even though they were not, in a technique known as spoofing. The hacker, who calls himself "pod2g" and is best known for jailbreaking iPhones, said Friday that the vulnerability could let an attacker send a phishing message pretending to be from a bank, credit card company, or other trusted source.
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