"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,"
reports Joseph Menn at Reuters in an exclusive today:
Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden
show that the NSA created and promulgated a flawed formula for
generating random numbers to create a "back door" in encryption
products, the New York Times reported in September. Reuters later
reported that RSA became the most important distributor of that formula
by rolling it into a software tool called Bsafe that is used to enhance
security in personal computers and many other products.
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