Gemalto: NSA and GCHQ probably did hack us, but there was no massive leak of encryption keys

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Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
Gemalto: NSA and GCHQ probably did hack us, but there was no massive leak of encryption keys
SIM card maker Gemalto has confirmed that its network was hacked – probably by the NSA and GCHQ – but said the breach could not have resulted in a massive theft of encryption keys.

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