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[The Telegraph] Satellite phone encryption cracked. Es tracta dels algoritmes GMR-1 i GMR-2 utilitzats per alguns serveis de telefonia per satèl·lit. I es pot interceptar el tràfic d'una forma relativament econòmica.

Mr Driessen told The Telegraph that the equipment and software needed to intercept and decrypt satellite phone calls from hundreds of thousands of users would cost as little as $2,000. His demonstration system takes up to half an hour to decipher a call, but a more powerful computer would allow eavesdropping in real time, he said.

By publishing details of how to break the encryption, the researchers hope to prompt ETSI, the organization that sets the standards, to create stronger algorithms. A major problem with GMR-1 and GMR-2, Mr Driessen said, was that their details were kept secret so security experts cannot test them.