PCS Harvesting at Scale

Title

PCS Harvesting at Scale

Subject

KI harvesting

Description

This document is a report that describes the introduction of an automated approach to retrieving Individual Subscriber Authentication Keys (KIs) from networks of the SIM card manufacturer Gemalto, which was compromised by a GCHQ CNE (Computer Network Exploitation) attack.

Creator

Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)

Publisher

The Intercept

Relation

Snowden

Language

en

Date:Created

2010-03-27

Source:Classification

Top Secret

Source:Redactions

Document contains redactions

Report:Creator

Josh Begley

NumPages

24

CreatorOffice

GCHQ

Date:Leaked

2015-02-19

Distribution

STRAP 1

Surveillance Programs

Gemalto SIM Attack

Collection

Snowden Files

Citation

Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), “PCS Harvesting at Scale,” Snowden Archive, accessed December 23, 2024, https://snowden.glendon.yorku.ca/items/show/269.

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