Was the NSA/RSA Scandal Started on a False Assumption by RSA?
In the months preceding this year's RSA conference, it was alleged in an article published by Reuters that the arranged a secret $10 million contract with RSA. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that the NSA created and promulgated a flawed formula for generating random numbers to create a "back door" in encryption products and that RSA became the most important distributor of that formula by rolling it into BSAFE, an security application used in personal computers and many other products.
Anthony Caruana | 07 Mar | Read more