- Jan 8, 2011
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Source - Major US security company warns over NSA link to encryption formula
RSA, the security arm of EMC, sends email to customers over default random number generator which uses weak formula
RSA, the security arm of EMC, sends email to customers over default random number generator which uses weak formula
A major American computer security company has told thousands of customers to stop using an encryption system that relies on a mathematical formula developed by the National Security Agency (NSA).
RSA, the security arm of the storage company EMC, sent an email to customers telling them that the default random number generator in a toolkit for developers used a weak formula, and they should switch to one of the other formulas in the product.
The abrupt warning is the latest fallout from the huge intelligence disclosures by the whistleblower Edward Snowden about the extent of surveillance and the debasement of encryption by the NSA.