German Hacker Cracks GSM Encryption Code
29Dec2009
"Beyond the unsettling paranoia associated with shadowy government agencies listening in on our phone calls, it would now appear everyone and their eavesdropping monkey will soon be able to covertly access and monitor our telecommunication habits.
Moreover, a German hacker is claiming to have broken through the 64-bit A5/1 security encryption algorithm designed to protect GSM mobile calls all around the world.
According to The New York Times, 28-year-old Karsten Nohl, a computer engineer and encryption specialist, revealed the publication of his break-in code during the recent Chaos Communication Congress convention in Berlin. source
Our Take: The GSM Association was none too pleased with Nohl's efforts, who insinuated that he was being a hypocrite by doing this "while supposedly being concerned about privacy." We suppose they would have preferred Nohl bury his head in the sand, leaving the door open for a malicious hacker to crack the code, rather than a 28-year-old encryption expert with a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Virginia.
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