Gemalto minimizes computer attacks which he has undergone in 2010-2011

The French specialist of chip cards has unveiled the findings of the investigation being conducted it after revelations about the theft of encryption keys of its SIM cards to government departments of British and American listening.

Revelations made last week by the UK online media The Intercept quoting himself documents dating from 2010 provided by the whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Oliver Piou, the CEO of Gemalto does not count start tracking and played down the significance of these attacks: "We can confirm that described in the documents cited as coming from the NSA and a British intelligence service. This attack was very innovative, there had never been anything like this before. So it was not as if it came from a mafia or habitual pirates. "

Stolen keys are used to protect the confidentiality of communications by mobile phone in the world, but Gemalto ensures that the keys in question concerned some "exceptional cases 2G" and not the 3G and 4G.