Crypto Legend Quisquater Targeted - But NSA May Not Be To Blame

judgecorp writes "Reports that the NSA and/or Britain's GCHQ deliberately targeted Belgian cryptography professor Jea-Jacques Quisquater may be jumping to conclusions, the professor has said. Investigation of an apparent NSA/GCHQ hack of Belgian ISP Belgacom uncovered evidence that Quisquater's PC had been infected with malware and had data extracted. However the two incidents might be coincidence: similar malware is used by Asian attackers, he said."

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Damned if they did, more so if they didn't

[3.5 stripes]

Now the NSA has shown its willingness to do such things, and then deny even having the ability, they're going to get the finger of blame pointed at them a lot more, regardless of whether they deserve it, and now in a much more credible way.

Re: Damned if they did, more so if they didn't

[Anonymous Coward]

If you lie often enough I can't believe anything you say anymore. That's the way trust works.

Re: Damned if they did, more so if they didn't

[Anonymous Coward]

Clapper lied to Congress. No ifs, ands or buts about it. That's enough for me. If he'll lie under oath why on earth should we ever expect him to tell the truth?

Re:TFA doesn't tell much...

[fatphil]

And this shows why "cryptography expert" and "security expert" should not be confused.