Cybersecurity for government is of national importance as it not only is a matter of reputation but also a vital factor in balancing the public image of an individual. The latest political climate in the USA also stamps the fact that it can influence the election results as well.
Politicians and people with political affiliations can have close-knit families. Believing that every destruction starts from home, hackers target their households, which includes bugging their devices with spying software. Then it takes only one step to give it all away. Not having two-factor authentication is just icing on the cake.
Just like any celebrity or influential person, political leaders are not aware of the cybersecurity of their digital assets. In June 2002, Fillery had hired a private investigator to collect confidential information about an ongoing murder investigation. The investigator got the associated Police officer’s home address, his internal payroll number, his date of birth, and some of his financial information. Even his voicemail and that of his wife, his computer, was also suspected to be accessed.
Historical incidents like this find out how cyber hacking doesn’t spare a person’s family members either.
The most widely used and leading protocol for network communication is the SS7 protocol. But amazingly, it does not have a basic cyber protection system. Not only the carrier traffic is unencrypted, but also the device cannot spot an illegitimate command. Being an industry standard for decades, it is persisting with some outdated security concepts that cybercriminals leverage. It enables them to access the surveillance capabilities of intelligence agencies.
Therefore, it becomes ever so simple for them to hack a politician’s phone because most known cyberattacks on mobile devices are based on operating system weaknesses. To protect against SS7 vulnerabilities, they adapt VoIP (voice-over application) instead of standard voice and SMS services with smart devices. Applications like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal also have other security vulnerabilities.
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