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[FYI] GSM Crypto Weakness
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- Subject: [FYI] GSM Crypto Weakness
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@t-online.de>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:10:55 +0200
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http://www.newsindex.com/cgi-bin/result.cgi?http://www.sunday-
times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/stinwenws03006.html?999
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January 23 2000
BRITAIN
French spies listen in to British calls
James Clark, Home Affairs Correspondent FRENCH intelligence is
intercepting British businessmen's calls after investing millions in
satellite technology for its listening stations.
The French government upgraded signals intelligence last year. Now
secret service elements are using it to tap into commercial secrets.
At least eight centres, scattered across France, are being "aimed" at
British defence firms, petroleum companies and other commercial
targets.
Eavesdroppers can "pluck" GSM digital mobile phone signals from the
air by targeting individual numbers or sweeping sets of numbers.
Targets have included executives at British Aerospace, British
Petroleum and British Airways, according to French sources.
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