The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle
Posted: 20 Feb 2015, 06:22
The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle
American and British spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe, according to top-secret documents provided to The Intercept by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
SIM card database hack gave US and UK spies access to billions of cellphones
International row likely after revelations of breach that could have given NSA and GCHQ the power to monitor a large portion of world's cellular communications.
