Hacker Cracks GSM Cell Phone 64-bit Encryption

[byebye]

*to randomizer*
well it "recently"(last 7-10 years) became vary popular...
hackers don't go after stuff that is not popular. aka Mac's.
GSM was supposed to be "WIRED EQUIVALENT"(add the Protocol for your self) and you get WEP and we all know how bad that is.

 

[brendano257]

Cheers to the guy who cracked it. But really, he should have contacted the companies privately to encourage the step up to 128bit encryption, or even given them a demonstration. Making the algorithm public seems like a bit of a stupid idea. Unless of course you want to force the companies to step up, which although it may work, it's still a bad idea to make that sort of thing public.

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]brendano257[/nom]Cheers to the guy who cracked it. But really, he should have contacted the companies privately to encourage the step up to 128bit encryption, or even given them a demonstration.[/citation]
While it's not public there's no threat and therefore no need for companies to invest in better tech. This is the only way forward.