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Hacking A Cellular Network

An interesting tech angle in the Libyan civil war is how local network Libyana has been subverted to carry communications traffic (mostly voice calls as far as I can tell) from the rebels – on the so-called Free Libyana network – these two articles are well worth a read over in the WSJ and an The Register.

Photos: from today’s stroll into the Libyan border town of Musa’id.

17 Apr 2011

In: Musa'id, Today's Office and tagged with civil war, Free Libyana, GSM, Libyana, network, rebel.

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