Paris Hilton: Master Hacker?

Paris Hilton has been caught using a caller I.D. spoofing service to hack into someone else's voicemail, according to spoofing company SpoofCard.

Despite years of warnings, some popular cell phone providers let customers retrieve their voicemail without entering a PIN if they appear to be calling from their own phone -- an easy thing to fake using any of the inexpensive caller ID spoofing services available online.

Spoofcard says they caught Hilton doing exactly that:

SpoofCard.com confirmed that Paris Hilton was among the terminated customers, and that Lindsay Lohan was among those whose voicemail accounts were broken into. SpoofCard has put software controls on its network so that customers can no longer use its service to break into the voicemail boxes of Miss Lohan or the other victims it has identified.

SpoofCard.com discovered the conduct while reviewing its customer call records for evidence of fraud and other prohibited conduct. The company is publicly announcing its action in order to discourage this type of activity and to alert mobile telephone networks and their customers of the need to protect voicemail access with passwords and other security measures.

SpoofCard.com is committed to working with law enforcement and industry groups to end harassing and illegal use of caller ID spoofing technology. In this case, it will cooperate with any law enforcement inquiry into possible violations of the Federal Stored Wire and Electronic Communications Act involving unauthorized access to voicemail boxes.

SpoofCard says they've terminated 50 customers for voicemail hacking. It looks like the company is trying to buff its image now that Congress, the FCC and a state attorney general have all targeted caller ID spoofing services as a danger to consumers.

Of course, it's not bad publicity to be known as Paris Hilton's hacking tool of choice. Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick was hacked at least twice, so she should get a pass for this one.