Guess my World of Warcraft Authenticator is useless now huh? 🙁
Via Latinos Post:
The National Security Agency essentially bribed an important industry computer and network security firm to put a secret backdoor in their encryption formulas, according to a new report.
In September, a report by The Guardian sourced top-secret documents leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden to reveal that the National Security Agency intentionally compromised security standards for a wide range of technology products, with the intention of accessing information from so-called “backdoors” in those systems.
According to the Reuters report, the NSA paid a $10 million contract to RSA Security, described as “one of the most influential firms in the computer security industry,” to intentionally include an NSA-friendly code in a key part of the encryption of one of RSA’s popular security tools. The report was based on “two sources familiar with the contract.