Numbers Stations Move From Shortwave To VoIP

IO ERROR writes "For decades, intelligence agencies have been sending secret messages to their agents in the field using shortwave numbers stations broadcasting encrypted messages for all to hear and puzzle over. Now someone is putting numbers stations on VoIP telephone numbers for anyone to call, and posting messages to Craigslist to alert the recipients to the existence of their messages. One of them went up last month and now a second one has appeared. Will there be a third? Who's behind them? And can you crack the code?"

Re:Doesn't that defeat secrecy?

[Technician]

I know it's the first thing that comes to mind but I'm sure They can monitor who calls ("tunes into") that phone number regularily. Broadcasts are anonymous and many people own shortwave radios, VOIP can be traced to a subscriber so what gives?

You are thinging traditional VOIP subscriber. Buy an adaptor at ______ with cash. Activate it with a stolen card and ID. Hook it directly to a wireless access point in client mode. Wardrive near hotels. Park nearby for a couple days.

It's much harder to pinpoint the source than a radio signal. RF Direction equipment can triangulate a HF signal quite quickly.

Conet Project

[gEvil (beta)]

Wow! 30 comments and no mention of the Conet Project. [archive.org] There's lots of great sound files there to make your officemates wonder what the hell you're up to...

Re:or it's just a creative troll...

[Anonymous Coward]

Someone tracked down the Lincolnshire Poacher: http://home.luna.nl/~ary/lp.htm [home.luna.nl]

I also thought someone used radio direction finding to follow one of the CIA stations to, well, the CIA.

Re:Numbers Station here on slashdot - OUTGOING!

[quanticle]

Its not clear text if you put up an ascii-formatted encoded message.

Here's one in Boston.

[SenatorTreason]

http://boston.craigslist.org/mis/167168282.html [craigslist.org]

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Date: 2006-06-02, 7:21AM EDT

Mein Fraulein,

I am anxious to speak with you. ///617///973///3463///

Re:Here's one in Boston.

[rnelsonee]

For those wondering, if you call that number, you dont get another set of numbers. But you do get this:

"For directions to the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston on 600 Atlantic Ave, Press 1.

For directions to the Federal Reserve Office in Windosr Locks, on 317 Ellatrasso Turnpike, press 2"