And the really funny bit is NIST deliberately subverted the standard so that an organization who knew the master key (probably NSA) could break the security of the system. And then, in actualt implementation, the master key was changed so that someone else could break into everyone’s system And, officially at least, we have no idea who that someone is. Probably Chinese government. Could be organized crime, though probably unlikely.
The movie Sneakers had this as its plots years ago.. US government puts a secret backdoor in everyone’s computer system .. and, then, uh,, someone steals the key to that backdoor;
But anyway, yes, it is absolutely NISTs fault that they unintentionally gave the Chinese government backdoor access into US government computers.
And the really funny bit is NIST deliberately subverted the standard so that an organization who knew the master key (probably NSA) could break the security of the system. And then, in actualt implementation, the master key was changed so that someone else could break into everyone’s system And, officially at least, we have no idea who that someone is. Probably Chinese government. Could be organized crime, though probably unlikely.
The movie Sneakers had this as its plots years ago.. US government puts a secret backdoor in everyone’s computer system .. and, then, uh,, someone steals the key to that backdoor;
But anyway, yes, it is absolutely NISTs fault that they unintentionally gave the Chinese government backdoor access into US government computers.