leaks, operationalsecurity, Security technology, whistleblowers
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cybersecurity, cyberweapons, hacking, leaks, nsa, Security technology, vulnerabilities, whistleblowers
In 2013, a mysterious group of hackers that calls itself the Shadow Brokers stole a few disks full of NSA secrets. Since last summer, they’ve been dumping these secrets on the Internet. They have publicly embarrassed the NSA and damaged its intelligence-gathering capabilities, while at the same time have put sophisticated cyberweapons in the hands … Read More “Who Are the Shadow Brokers?” »
algorithms, cryptography, encryption, nsa, Security technology, whistleblowers
The NSA has been abandoning secret and proprietary cryptographic algorithms in favor of commercial public algorithms, generally known as “Suite B.” In 2010, an NSA employee filed some sort of whistleblower complaint, alleging that this move is both insecure and wasteful. The US DoD Inspector General investigated and wrote a report in 2011. The report … Read More “Whistleblower Investigative Report on NSA Suite B Cryptography” »