The US National Security Agency (NSA) allegedly has paid (under the table of course) 10 million dollars to one of the largest and most important security companies RSA, to weaken its algorithm to facilitate decryption, according to an exclusive Reuters publication.
In September, the New York Times first reported based on documents that they leaked by Edward Snowden ότι η NSA έχει δημιουργήσει μια λανθασμένη συνταγή για τη δημιουργία τυχαίων αριθμών που ουσιαστικά επιτρέπει backdoors στο software encryption.
Reuters later reported that RSA is the distributor of one toolencryption key known as BSAFE and used by software developers for security enhancements in their products.
Today, Reuters reports, citing two different sources, that RSA had received money in exchange for building BSAFE which includes the NSA type and is used as default method for generating "random" encryption numbers.
In a statement to Reuters, the RSA (of course) denied the allegations, saying: "The RSA always acts in the best interests of its customers and in no way designs or activates backdoors on products."
