[ISN] Spectrum analyzer catches exam cheats in Taiwan

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:39:19 -0600 (CST)
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.

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