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RSA aided NSA's spying on businesses

Apr 01, 2014, 10:33 AM EDT
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks via videoconference at 'A Virtual Conversation with Edward Snowden' during the 2014 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Austin Convention Center on March 10, 2024 in Austin, Texas.
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Reports describe how web-encryption company RSA was persuaded by the NSA to develop a vulnerable random-number generator that helped the NSA spy on businesses 65,000 times more easily than it would have been able to otherwise.

Background:

NSA infiltrated RSA security more deeply than thought - study [Reuters]

NSA-inspired software sped up code-cracking efforts [BBC]