News that the U.S. National Security Agency has worked steadily for at least the past decade to systematically undermine security has sparked an uproar on the Internet.
The agency — whose motto is “Defending Our Nation. Securing the Future” — reportedly has circumvented or cracked much of the encryption used to protect global commerce and banking systems, medical records and other sensitive data, and the communications of Americans and others.
NSA Breaks Data Encryption, Tech Firms Break Trust
Posted by: Richard Adhikari September 7, 2013 05:00 AMNews that the U.S. National Security Agency has worked steadily for at least the past decade to systematically undermine security has sparked an uproar on the Internet.
The agency — whose motto is “Defending Our Nation. Securing the Future” — reportedly has circumvented or cracked much of the encryption used to protect global commerce and banking systems, medical records and other sensitive data, and the communications of Americans and others.