WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — International SIM card producer Gemalto, reportedly hacked by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), is unable to verify the findings at present and is going to conduct a detailed investigation, the company said in a press release on Friday.
Gemalto emphasized that the target of the hack was not the company itself.
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“It was an attempt to try and cast the widest net possible to reach as many mobile phones as possible, with the aim to monitor mobile communications without mobile network operators and users consent,” the statement said.
Major mobile operators, such as AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and other providers use SIM cards produced by Gemalto based in the Netherlands.