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RSA sidesteps allegations by Reuters, denies secret contract with NSA

Reuters alleged that RSA, one of the world’s best known security brands, took $10 million from the NSA in the early 2000’s, as part of a secret deal to promote Dual EC_DRBG (Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generator) The PRNG was the default PRNG option when it came to generating cryptographic keys in RSA’s BSAFE toolkit and Data Protection Manager. In a statement issued on Sunday, RSA flat out denies the claims made by Reuters, but sidesteps the issues raised.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2136974/rsa-sidesteps-allegations-by-reuters–denies-secret-contract-with-nsa.html

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