Reuters: RSA Weakened Encryption For $10M From NSA

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?"

Comments

Re:Slashdot or Twitter?

[sideslash]

I don't think there should be a comma after the "5" in your post.

Re:Let me say this from Germany:

[TheGratefulNet]

Google does have a strong interest in proper encryption, because it's the right thing to do.

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

btw, fuck you for being so brainwashed that you think Your Company(tm) still is an honest company and has any ethics at all.

Re:That's a tiny number

[anagama]

Why don't you and Cold Fjord go fuck each other in the NSA parking lot, after which you can track down Clapper, prostrate yourself before him, and suck up his lies. Maybe if you absorb enough jizz, you'll grow another neuron.