NSA: SO SORRY we backed that borked crypto even after you spotted the backdoor

“With hindsight, NSA should have ceased supporting the Dual EC DRBG algorithm immediately after security researchers discovered the potential for a trapdoor. In truth, I can think of no better way to describe our failure to drop support for the Dual EC DRBG algorithm as anything other than regrettable,”

Link (The Register)

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