Cracked encryption allows hackers to potentially clone your SIM, priovided you're still using an out-dated encryption protocol.
Over the weekend some news broke about an exploit that affects millions of phone users. Apparently, the encryption used has a flaw that allows a hacker to clone the encryption credentials of a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, potentially allowing them to clone your SIM card and retrieve things like information about your plan and payments, or identify you on the network.
It sounds scary, and it is for the 500 million affected SIM cards in the wild. But like any good security scare worth it's salt, there's a lot more to the story than we're hearing. Click through and we'll talk about it a bit.
Source: Security Research Labs
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