Sen. Boxer urges Sprint, T-Mobile to beef up voicemail security

Sen Barbara Boxer (D-CA) wrote to Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA urging them to improve the security of their voicemail service in light of the ongoing phone-hacking scandal in the United Kingdom concerning News Corp.

Employees of British tabloid News of the World allegedly hacked into the voicemail accounts of numerous British citizens in the past decade, prompting investigations from authorities and the resignations of several top News Corp. executives. In her letter, Sen Boxer cites security experts that claim T-Mobile and Sprint customers may be vulnerable to similar attacks because they don't require users to enter their PIN number when accessing voicemail from their own device.