No entity is immune from a cyber attack. A successful, jaw-dropping cyber assault against a seemingly impenetrable target occurred again last month. This time, the humbled target was the National Security Agency, the nation’s premier electronic eavesdropper. Three hundred megabytes of sophisticated code developed by the NSA to penetrate computer security systems was posted online for all to see. Shortly afterward, the NSA web site went down for almost a full day. In both cases, Russia is the suspected culprit. Encryption is Crucial I’ve argued before and today feel even more strongly that…
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