Nokia 1100 seemingly hackable, making a big comeback

Apparently some shady hackers and cyber-criminals have recently started offering upwards of $30,000 for the Nokia 1100 which were manufactured at a specific plant in Bochum, Germany. You may ask yourself, "why?" Well, beyond the obvious answer (style), certain makes of the super-popular handset can apparently be reprogrammed to use someone else's phone number, allowing them to receive text messaged bank passwords (common in parts of Europe), thus making it much, much easier to steal people's money. The software flaw has been pointed out by Ultrascan Advance Global Investigations, who were contacted by police who had noted the curiously high offering prices on the old-timey candybar. Nokia has contended that it has not identified any software problems which would allow such use, so it's hard to say what exactly is going on at this point, but we'll let you know if we hear anything concrete.

[Via SlashGear]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 4:34AM]

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[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 7:36AM]

I've read elsewhere that this story was a hoax.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 11:08AM]

Maybe they can detect red mercury.

[(Unverified) Posted May 12th 2009 5:39AM]

i am having 1 piece of nokia 1100 plz provide me the best price of what you can give the i can give the photo also to the serious buyers my email id is [e-mail]

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2009 7:06AM]

i am having 1 piece of nokia 1100 made in germany plz provide me the best price
of what you can give the i can give the photo also to the serious
buyers my email id is sufiyanrajwani @ gmail . com, [phone]

[(Unverified) Posted May 22nd 2009 3:34AM]

I'll give you a handful of walnuts and a kick in the nuts, deal?

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2009 5:05AM]

Dear All

I have one nokia1100 germany make for sale.Contact me on [e-mail]

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 11:47AM]

I am having 1 piece of nokia 1100 made in germany plz provide me the best price
of what you can give the i can give the photo also to the serious
buyers my email id is [e-mail]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 5th 2009 7:17PM]

I have q nikia 1100 made in germany. the product is in portugal and i have used him. but is in good conditions. Never been in repair..

if is interested please contact the email: [e-mail]

I send fotos to see i am telling the truth..plz provide me the best price

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 19th 2009 6:04AM]

I own a nokia 1100 made in germany as the sticker inside shows. if ur interrested send me a email at rasmus.kuusemets@gmail. com . phone is in Estonia

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2009 7:34AM]

i have a nokia 1100 made in 2003.
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[(Unverified) Posted Jul 2nd 2009 12:57PM]

I am having 1 piece of nokia 1100 made in germany plz provide me the best price
of what you can give the i can give the photo also to the serious
buyers my email id is [e-mail]