Pattaya stories

Mobile operators are warning customers that phone hackers may be trying to hijack their signals through SMS messages asking them to test their phones with a three digit dialing code.
According to an executive at the top mobile company advanced Info Service, phone owners should ignore any short message service text claiming to be from a telephone technician and asking them to dial 90#or #90.
Such warnings surfaced in the United States in 1998, but the technique affected only PABX equipment, which is usually in offices where users have to dial “9” to get an outside line. In such a case, it was theoretically possible for a hacker to gain access and use a hijacked line to make expensive overseas calls, according to Wichien Mektrakarn, executive vice-president for operations of AIS.
“Should there be a message over the handset claiming to come from, say, Cellnet or Vodafone representatives checking your phone, and asking you to press #90 or 90# and take the phone off the hook,” ignore it.
“What we can do is to warn our customers to not respond to any alert or unfamiliar message over the handset.”
Also, TA Orange users is reportedly facing an “unauthorized free call” problem of its own. The hacker community claims TA Orange users can get access to free calls by dialing a certain number through a second phone. TA Orange has blocked the number for Bangkok customers. Live long and prosper.