Security firm RSA took millions from NSA: report
The US National Security Agency (NSA) paid 10 million US dollars to RSA to deliberately implement some vulnerable encryption algorithms
The National Security Agency paid $10 million to the security firm RSA to implement intentionally flawed encryption, according to a new report.
DECEMBER 20, 2013 5:03 PM PST
An RSA SecurID key fob.Via Wikimedia Commons
What's an encryption backdoor cost? When you're the NSA, apparently the fee is $10 million.
Intentional flaws created by the National Security Agency in RSA's encryption tokens were discovered in September, thanks to documents released by whistleblower Edward Snowden. It has now been revealed that RSA was paid $10 million by the NSA to implement those backdoors, according to a new report in Reuters.
https://www.cnet.com/news/security-firm-rsa-took-millions-from-nsa-report/