The unauthorized remote access to voicemail systems, such as exposed by the News International phone-hacking scandal, is possible because of weaknesses in the implementations of these systems by telcos. Phone hacking often involves unauthorized access to the voicemail of a mobile phone The term came to prominence during the News International phone hacking scandal, in which it was alleged (and in some cases proved in court) that the British tabloid newspaper the News of the World had been involved in the interception of voicemail messages of the British Royal Family, other public figures, and a murdered schoolgirl named Milly Dowler. Phone hacking is a large branch of computer security that includes studying various situations exactly how attackers use security exploits to gain some level of access to a mobile device in a variety of situations and presumed access levels. Modern open source tooling has become fairly sophisticated as to be able to "hook" into individual functions within any running App on an unlocked device and allow deep inspection and modification of their functions. Phone hacking is the practice of exploring a mobile device often using computer exploits to analyze everything from the lowest memory and central processing unit levels up to the highest file system and process levels. For the manipulation of telephone call routing, see Phreaking. This article is about the use of telephone technology to steal information.
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