Comment on Nokia: We Don't Know Why Criminals Want Our Old PhonesparentComments−eli17yBut that was only because you had physical access to the original SIM, no? You couldn't mount this attack "over the air" against a stranger.−laut17yThe only reason you would need the physical original SIM card is to get the numbers you need to make the SIM clone. (IIRC)I think that the phone companies have all the keys you need. Of course they don't just give them out to anyone who asks.
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But that was only because you had physical access to the original SIM, no? You couldn't mount this attack "over the air" against a stranger.
The only reason you would need the physical original SIM card is to get the numbers you need to make the SIM clone. (IIRC)
I think that the phone companies have all the keys you need. Of course they don't just give them out to anyone who asks.