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Criminals Pay Top Money for Hackable Nokia Phone

Criminals are willing to pay thousands of euros for a discontinued Nokia mobile phone with a software problem that can be exploited to hack into online bank accounts

By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service

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The Nokia 1100 has had other software problems. A drug-related criminal case in the Netherlands in late 2005 detailed how the police had difficulty linking SMSes sent from certain Nokia 1100 phones to a specific phone number. Police were, however, able to use other means to identify the general area in which the phones were used, which helped bolster their case, Engelsman said.

Copyright 2009 IDG News Service, International Data Group Inc. All rights reserved.

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