NSA/GCHQ Accused of Hacking Belgian Cryptographer

Current Berkman People and Projects 2014-02-10

Summary:

There has been a lot of news about Belgian cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater having his computer hacked, and whether the NSA or GCHQ is to blame. There have been a lot of assumptions and hyperbole, mostly related to the GCHQ attack against the Belgian telecom operator Belgacom. I'm skeptical. Not about the attack, but about the NSA's or GCHQ's involvement. I...

Link:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/02/nsagchq_accused.html

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Tags:

computersecurity cryptanalysis cryptography gchq hacking nsa

Authors:

Bruce Schneier

Date tagged:

02/10/2014, 09:50

Date published:

02/10/2014, 07:57