Think-Dash: NSA Paid a Huge Security Firm $10 Million to Keep Encryption Weak

Friday, December 20, 2013

NSA Paid a Huge Security Firm $10 Million to Keep Encryption Weak

NSA Paid a Huge Security Firm $10 Million to Keep Encryption Weak

Reuters reports that the NSA paid massive computer security firm RSA $10 million to promote a flawed encryption system so that the US spook organization could wiggle its way around security. In other words, it bribed the firm to leave the back door to computers all over the world open.

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