2020-02-11 18:31:52.943222+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
how the CIA and the BND used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy.
From 1970 on, the CIA and its code-breaking sibling, the National Security Agency, controlled nearly every aspect of Crypto’s operations — presiding with their German partners over hiring decisions, designing its technology, sabotaging its algorithms and directing its sales targets.
Then, the U.S. and West German spies sat back and listened.
[ related topics: Graphics Cryptography ]
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