But it may turn out to be interesting in a few years.

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When investigators tried to find out where the information might have come from, they looked at Amdocs, a publicly traded firm based in Israel. Amdocs generates billing data for virtually every call in America, and they do credit checks. The company denies any leaks, but investigators still fear that the firm's data is getting into the wrong hands.

When investigators checked their own wiretapping system for leaks, they grew concerned about potential vulnerabilities in the computers that intercept, record and store the wiretapped calls. A main contractor is Comverse Infosys, which works closely with the Israeli government, and under a special grant program, is reimbursed for up to 50 percent of its research and development costs by Israel's Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Comverse Infosys is now Verint.

Both Amdocs and Verint use a lot of Microsoft systems.

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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.

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• Wiretapping the wiretappers - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 02:31 AM EDT

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Support Software Freedom - use GPL licenced software like Linux and LibreOffice instead of proprietary software like Microsoft Windows/Office or Apple OS/X

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