Gemalto SIM Cards Hacked by American, British Spies—Report

"Gemalto, one of the world’s largest providers of SIM cards for mobile phones and the maker of a secure SIM technology, is probing an alleged hack by American and British spies.

The Dutch company supplies 2 billion SIM cards per year to a range of Tier 1 carriers, including Verizon Communications, Vodafone Group and China Mobile. The Intercept, a news site known for publishing leaks from National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, said that fresh Snowden documents show that Western governments have been circumventing legal procedures and privacy safeguards in order to gain access to the personal communications data of subscribers."