Nsa In Addition To Gchq Stealing Sim Bill Of Fare Keys: A Few Things Y'all Should Know

(Updated: Feb 27, 2015)

Last Thursday, Feb 19, the website list of locations on Gemalto's website.

The constitute of Gemalto inwards the southern Dutch urban center Breda
(photo: Tom van der Put/MaRicMedia)

Also interesting is that final month, Gemalto DRT devices, which are highly sophisticated boxes that inwards a passive manner are capable of detecting as well as intercepting the radio transmissions of multiple jail cellular telephone phones. In an active manner they tin mimic a jail cellular telephone tower inwards gild to choose grip of private telephone calls as well as every bit such they are amend known every bit IMSI-catchers.

These devices are widely used yesteryear the NSA as well as the USA armed services inwards tactical soil operations, similar inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan as well as previously inwards Iraq, every bit good every bit inwards other crisis regions. StingRays as well as DRT boxes tin live on used every bit a manpack, inwards armed services vehicles, exactly also aboard pocket-size signals news aircraft similar the C-12 Huron. Surveillance drones also convey similar capabilities.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Prophet Spiral Humvee which uses DRT devices
for collecting radio as well as jail cellular telephone phone signals

This military, or at to the lowest degree anti-terrorism role is confirmed yesteryear a disclosed used inwards 1999. For these form of targets it would live on much to a greater extent than efficient to hack or tap into local telephone switches.

The agency to larn far function would live on to "collect them all" as well as create a database of keys that volition eventually encompass every newly assigned telephone number. But inwards ane of the documents, GCHQ Swift, Strategic Mission List from 2007:

"Global Signals Cognizance: The substance communications infrastructure as well as global network information needed to accomplish as well as keep baseline knowledge.
Capture noesis of location, characterization, use, as well as condition of armed services as well as civil communications infrastructure, including command, control, communications as well as calculator networks: intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance as well as targeting systems; as well as associated structures incidental to pursuing Strategic Mission List priorities.
Focus of mission is creating noesis databases that enable SIGINT efforts against hereafter unanticipated threats as well as permit continuity on economic scheme of strength targets non currently included on the Strategic Mission List."