Dec 222013
 

After being hacked in 2011, this time NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden affected the reputation of RSA Security (a company of EMC Corporation). Reuters states:

Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden show that the NSA created and promulgated a flawed formula for generating random numbers to create a “back door” in encryption products, the New York Times reported in September.

And:

The RSA deal shows one way the NSA carried out what Snowden’s documents describe as a key strategy for enhancing surveillance: the systematic erosion of security tools. NSA documents released in recent months called for using “commercial relationships” to advance that goal, but did not name any security companies as collaborators.

Reputation and trust are essential when buying tokens for controlling access to IT infrastructure. Will RSA’s business be seriously damaged by these publications?

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