On: Gemalto's findings of its investigations into the alleged hacking of SIM cards

[DyslexicAtheist]

this is the key here: any company that has stakes within the US is subject to coercion

secondly soon news will be out (give it a couple more days ;-)) which is currently not on any news sites radar - on IMSI catchers (aka fake BTS) which will put the whole story into a new context.