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Reuters: RSA Weakened Encryption For $10M From NSA

Posted by timothy on from the 30-pieces-of-silver-seemed-too-derivative dept.

Lasrick writes "As a key part of a campaign to embed encryption software that it could crack into widely used computer products, the U.S. National Security Agency arranged a secret $10 million contract with RSA, one of the most influential firms in the computer security industry, Reuters has learned." Asks an anonymous reader: "If the NIST curves really are broken (as has been suggested for years), then most SSL connections might be too, amirite?"

3 of 464 comments (clear)

  1. Re:RSA sold you out by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    NSA has customers? Surely not the voters.

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  2. Re:RSA sold you out by Nerdfest · · Score: 4, Funny

    NSA has customers?

    Not any more.

  3. Re:That's a tiny number by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you can't trust a Cub Scout, who can you trust?

    I trust the Cub Scouts completely.

    Hell, I buy my weed from one.

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