Security
At the 2010 DEF CON conference, it was demonstrated with OpenBTS that GSM calls can be intercepted due to the fact that in GSM the handset does not authenticate the base station prior to accessing the network.
OpenBTS has been used by the security research community to mount attacks on cellular phone baseband processors. Previously, investigating and conducting such attacks was considered impractical due of the high cost of traditional cellular base station equipment.
Read more about this topic: Open BTS
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