Last week The Intercept broke the story that American and British spies, from the National Security Agency (NSA) and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), hacked into the internal computer network of Gemalto, the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world. The intelligence agencies stole encryption keys used to protect cellphone communications around the world. This information was provided to The Intercept by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The heist of these encryption keys gives intelligence agencies the ability to monitor mobile
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