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The impact of the man in the middle threat on the GSM signal (Diagram1)

The man in the middle attack is defined as a professional hacking operation to eavesdrop or steal or destroy a data between two destinations or more. This character of attack needs to special equipment depending on the type and method of the attack operation. This threat is considered one of the common threat operations that targeting the telecommunication systems frequently. The following diagram aims to illustrate how to intercepting the GSM signals between two points and receiving it from GSM relay tower that receiving a signal from point A and resending it to point B. The spy attempts to get these signals by a fixed or portable antenna, then decoding it by a specialized equipment for reaching to the data.  
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