On the 29th April, 2010 the mobile networks were contacted about SMS spoofing by BBC’s watchdog:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2010/04/mobile_spoofing.html
Yesterday I started tweeting networks about SMS spoofing:
Dear @ThreeUK, I have found a security hole in SMS that could seriously affect your customers. Who should I get in touch with?
— Richard Burton (@ricburton) January 23, 2012
Today Lewis Peckover points out that O2 passes your number to certain websites and has got a great response from O2:
@aneillans Hi there, we’re checking with internal teams, and will come back with more as soon as we can
— O2 in the UK (@O2) January 25, 2012
So, what I wanted to know is, if networks like O2 think sending numbers to websites is bad, what do they think about this?
What is this? This is an SMS spoofing app that actually works. It allows someone to send a text to anyone, from anyone. It is simple, easy-to-use, and very, very dangerous. I built it. I am not a good programmer. But it works. What does the UK network 3 think about SMS spoofing?
@ThreeUKSupport You are aware of these sites and yet you’re not prepared to stop them?
— Richard Burton (@ricburton) January 25, 2012
SMS spoofing is not a new issue - but is a big one. I really hope the networks plug the gaps.
