米国と英国の諜報機関は，SIMカードの製造会社をハックして機密コードを奪い取っていた？

下記の記事が出ている。

　US and UK accused of hacking Sim card firm to steal codes
　BBC: 20 February, 2015
　http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31545050

　Sim card database hack gave US and UK spies access to billions of cellphones
　Guardian: 19 February, 2015
　http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/19/nsa-gchq-sim-card-billions-cellphones-hacking

　NSA and UK spies hacked world's largest SIM card manufacturer, report says
　Marshable: February 19, 2015
　http://mashable.com/2015/02/19/sim-card-nsa-hack/

　The Switchboard: US and British spies reportedly hacked into the world’s largest SIM card maker
　Washington Post: February 20, 2015
　http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/02/20/the-switchboard-us-and-british-spies-reportedly-hacked-into-the-worlds-largest-sim-card-maker/

[追記：2015年2月22日]

関連記事を追加する。

　Obama said everyone wants secure mobile communications. But the NSA worked to undermine that.
　Washington Post: February 20, 2015
　http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/02/20/obama-said-everyone-wants-secure-mobile-communications-but-the-nsa-worked-to-undermine-that/

[追記：2015年2月24日]

NTTドコモも無関係ではなかったようだ。下記の記事が出ている。

　Japan carrier NTT DoCoMo says probing reported SIM hack
　REUTERS: February 23, 2015
　http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/23/us-gemalto-cybercrime-ntt-docomo-idUSKBN0LR13N20150223

[追記：2015年2月26日]

関連記事を追加する。

　Gemalto says reports of its hack by the NSA and GCHQ were greatly exaggerated
　ars technica: February 26, 2015
　http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/gemalto-says-reports-of-its-hack-by-the-nsa-and-gchq-were-greatly-exaggerated/

　Sim card firm links GCHQ and NSA to hack attacks
　BBC: 25 February, 2015
　http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31619907

　U.S. and British Agencies May Have Tried to Get SIM Encryption Codes, Gemalto Says
　New York Times: February 25, 2015
　http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/business/international/gemalto-says-nsa-tried-to-take-sim-encryption-codes.html