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>NSA Hacks Into Sim Card Makers Giving US and UK Criminals Access to Millions of Cell Phones - Mish - Global Economic Analysis
"PRIVACY ADVOCATES and security experts say it would take billions of dollars, significant political pressure, and several years to fix the fundamental security flaws in the current mobile phone system that NSA, GCHQ and other intelligence agencies regularly exploit."

"The only way to stop this sh*t is to press charges, find the NSA guilty and send those responsible to prison."
Easier said than done. Remember, state secrets.

The spying agencies have a backdoor, I submit that the consumers have an open garage door in the form of a class action lawsuit against Gemalto for knowingly selling hacked SIM cards. Shut Gemalto down. Bankrupt them. Only then will industry get the hint.

No sense getting greedy. I figure that each customer need only sue for the cost of a 1 year contract.
That should be sufficient.
Start in the USA where we award damages to women who put hot cups of coffee between their legs.
Then the stockholders of Gemalto can sue the offending spy agencies.
Of course that suit will be thrown out of court: state secrets.

How much did the lawyers for the US tobacco settlement pocket?


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Beginning of the headline :The Great SIM Heist I have a simple question: Why is it a crime for someone to hack into Sony, Target, weather stations, etc., but not a crime for the NSA to hack into phone SIM card producers then steal every master key? In my opinion, all of these hacks are illegal, and the NSA officials who authorized the hack I describe below belong in prison. Please consider The Great SIM Heist AMERICAN AND BRITISH spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM car... Read More
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