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Secret mobile phone code cracked

By Maija Palmer, technology correspondent
Published: December 29 2009 15:11 %P% Last updated: December 29 2009 16:17
Computer hackers this week said they had cracked and published the secret code that protects 80 per cent of the world’s mobile phones. The move will leave more than 3bn people vulnerable to having their calls intercepted, and could force mobile phone operators into a costly upgrade of their networks.