GSM Encryption hackers breaking.

A German security expert claims to have cracked the encryption algorithm Global System for Mobile communication (GSM). This incident led to mobile phone calls made vulnerable tersadap. Karsten Nohl, the security expert, says that the government can listen to a conversation using equipment costing several thousand dollars only. Nohl and his team have put together the equipment during the last six months.

Intercepting calls an act illegal in many countries, including the United States, and in this case Nohl inadvertently released pembobolnya device. However, Nohl said, "when you are working with BitTorrent and the standard GNU build process, guaranteed you'll be able to do everything."

Current GSM standard has become the most extensive mobile, covering 3.5 million from 4.3 million wireless connections throughout the world. Encryption works with random channel jumping in 80 different channels. This process is done using a set of open source software.

Well, you get worried conversation hack? not all vulnerable to the GSM encryption breaker, really. The new GSM alliances, A5 / 3 is used for 3G networks are fairly secure.