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NSA, GHCQ Implicated In SIM Encryption Hack
First time accepted submitter BlacKSacrificE writes Australian carriers are bracing for a mass recall after it was revealed that a Dutch SIM card manufacturer Gemalto was penetrated by the GCHQ and the NSA in an alleged theft of encryption keys, allowing unfettered access to voice and text communications. The incident is suspected to have happened in 2010 and 2011 and seems to be a result of social engineering against employees, and was revealed by yet another Snowden document. Telstra, Vodafone and Optus have all stated they are waiting for further information from Gemalto before deciding a course of action. Gemalto said in a press release that they "cannot at this early stage verify the findings of the publication" and are continuing internal investigations, but considering Gemalto provides around 2 billion SIM cards to some 450 carriers across the globe (all of which use the same GSM encryption standard) the impact and fallout for Gemalto, and the affected carriers, could be huge.
Time to start treating it as such, use your backwards antiquated capital punishment laws for something productive for a change.
Oh come on, how would that even work? It's one and the same person.
CLI paste? paste.pr0.tips!
So its probably about time we shut down the NSA right? They seem to be completely out of control and I'm not sure what they're actually accomplishing.
Just ask the Holy Spirit, he's consubstantial with both the Son and the Father; despite begetting the son(yet not being the father).
Oh, let us not be delusional here. New SIM Cards with new keys will be available with the new Galaxy S6 and new iPhone 6s's. Problem solved.
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