Wednesday, 25 February 2015

SIM maker Gemalto says hack happened but denies big privacy leak

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Dutch SIM-maker Gemalto has confirmed Wednesday it was a victim of a cyber-attack, likely perpetrated by British and U.S. intelligence agencies, but it claims it did not result in a significant privacy leak


Gemalto's internal investigation gave the company "reasonable grounds to believe" an operation by the U.S. National Security Agency and its British counterpart "probably happened."



The operation was reported last week on the website The Intercept, based on documents supplied by Edward Snowden. The report claimed the NSA and the British Government Communications Headquarters obtained encryption keys which allowed American and British government officials to monitor mobile communications, possibly without warrants Read more...


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