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Sep 21, 2017 · Concern regarding the NSA follows a revelation from whistleblower Edward Snowden that the spy agency paid one encryption company $10m (£7.4m) to use a broken algorithm in its products. Asked if other NIST cryptography and encryption guidance would be reviewed for possible inappropriate NSA influence, Donna Dodson, NIST's Computer Security Division chief, says the institute plans Advanced Encryption Standard (AES): The Advanced Encryption Standard, or AES, is a symmetric block cipher chosen by the U.S. government to protect classified information and is implemented in Mar 31, 2014 · The system, called Dual Elliptic Curve, was a random number generator, but it had a deliberate flaw - or “back door” - that allowed the NSA to crack the encryption. The NSA used supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes persuasion to undermine encryption, The New York Times and ProPublica reported on Sept. 5.
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