U.S. and British Agencies May Have Tried to Get SIM Encryption Codes, Gemalto Says

The digital security company said it believed attacks by the N.S.A. and its British counterpart occurred over two years, starting in 2010.

from BWCWeb http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/business/international/gemalto-says-nsa-tried-to-take-sim-encryption-codes.html?_r=1