Criminal hackers are now going after phone lines, too• the number of phone calls that take place at least partially over the internet has quietly and dramatically increased in recent years
• carriers are routing tens of thousands of simultaneous calls over the internet
• if those digital phone lines come under attack, the behind-the-scenes mechanisms for beaming voices online begins to crumble fairly quickly
• providers are mostly keeping quiet about these attacks
➤ Link to NPR article
