American and British spy agencies have hacked the world’s largest phone SIM card maker Gemalto, managing to steal encryption keys used to protect the privacy of phone calls, text messages and other data, according to the latest top-secret documents made public by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The 2010 document shows a large-scale operation to break into the internal network of Gemalto. The stolen encryption keys allowed NSA and its British counterpart GCHQ to stealthily monitor phone communications of people across the globe without any …
