Deutsche Telekom(DT) announces wiretapping protection service to help companies to protect sensitive information from eavesdroppers. DT's specialist technicians will screen offices and conference rooms for eavesdropping technology and weak spots using their state-of-the-art equipment. The Federal Ministry of the Interior estimates that economic and industrial espionage causes damage totaling over 50 billion euros per year in Germany alone. The actual damage caused could well be many times worse due to the high number of unreported cases, said DT.
Deutsch Telekom's wiretapping protection service is aimed at both DAX 30 companies and medium-sized enterprises that wish to protect confidential business information, for example when corporate acquisitions are being negotiated or bids for auctions are being prepared.
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According to DT, X-rays of harmless-looking coffee pots, telephones and PC mice are taken. They examine USB sticks, electrical sockets and wires, scan hollow spaces with telescopic and endoscopic cameras and measure radio frequencies to find hidden transmitters. They can even detect unsecured DECT equipment. Once the scan has been completed the Deutsche Telekom experts provide customers with a report detailing the results. They also show companies how they can improve information and eavesdropping protection and draw up individual security concepts with them.
Frank Eckhardt, Head of Wiretapping Protection
Industrial spies put SIM cards equipped with radio technology in the PC mice kept in offices and conference rooms, for example. The attackers' methods are becoming more and more sophisticated. Even from great distances they are able to use lasers, for example, to pick up acoustic vibrations through a window pane and listen in on conversations.
Of course we step in even after the damage has been done. Like when companies suddenly notice that one of their competitors always just outbids them or simultaneously launches a copy of their latest product.
