Apparently, the NSA stole the keys to the GSM kingdom. It was already clear that GSM is not secure and two heads of state were annoyed by the Yanks listening in to their calls already, but this is ridiculous: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/ What is clear, is that the US government doesn't care how much damage the NSA causes to states and corporations the world over. This is a Dutch/French company, NATO members and the NSA did them in to the tune of half a billion Dollars, with hardly a peep from any politician anywhere. If your computer system is not secure, then you can lose your business thanks to the US military, whether you are an ally, at peace, at war or neutral. With such friends, who needs enemies? The CTO of Lenovo has now proven himself to be just as clueless as a previous CTO of Sony: http://www.wired.com/2015/02/lenovo-superfish/ They all failed to understand that if you subvert thousands of computers, then the system is weaken
Autonomous planes, trains and cranes...