"New Security Flaw Impacts 5G, 4G, and 3G Telephony Protocols"

The upcoming 5G cellular mobile communications protocol has been discovered by researchers to contain a security gap that could be exploited by attackers to allow the monitoring of users' texts, location, and more. This security gap is associated with the Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) protocol and it also affects 3G and 4G protocols. This article continues to discuss the new vulnerability, the AKA protocol, and the malicious activities that could be performed through the exploitation of this security flaw. 

ZDNet reports "New Security Flaw Impacts 5G, 4G, and 3G Telephony Protocols"