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by johnwayne666 460 days ago
Gemalto was hacked 15 years ago:

> "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."

https://theintercept.com/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/