Security News > 2011 > January > Spectrum analyzer catches exam cheats in Taiwan

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/373172/spectrum_analyzer_catches_exam_cheats_taiwan/ By Ralph Jennings IDG News Service 12 January, 2011 Police in Taiwan used a set of spectrum analyzers to catch at least three people suspected of cheating on an exam by monitoring them for mobile phone signals, a first case of its type, the equipment maker said on Wednesday. Officers used three FSH4 analyzers specially configured by the German manufacturer Rohde & Schwarz to monitor an exam in south Taiwan for prospective government workers, said senior company engineer Lai Cheng-heng. The handheld devices are normally used to help telecom companies check the strength of phone signals, but Taiwan's National Communications Commission had asked the designer for a special order aimed at catching exam cheats. "They didn't tell us what they were going to do. They just told us what to design, and later we found out what it was for," said Lai, who wrote the analyzer software used to monitor the exam. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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