According to a stunning new report, the CIA has secretly owned a massive encryption company that foreign governments have used to conceal their darkest secrets for decades.
And has been using it to secretly read the confidential messages of allied and enemy nations alike.
As Boing Boing reports:
For more than half a century, governments all over the world trusted a single company to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers and diplomats secret. That company was secretly run by the CIA, which had the ability to read all those communications for decades.
From the Washington Post:
The company, Crypto AG, got its first break with a contract to build code-making machines for U.S. troops during World War II. Flush with cash, it became a dominant maker of encryption devices for decades, navigating waves of technology from mechanical gears to electronic circuits and, finally, silicon chips and software.
The Swiss firm made millions of dollars selling equipment to more than 120 countries well into the 21st century. Its clients included Iran, military juntas in Latin America, nuclear rivals India and Pakistan, and even the Vatican.
But what none of its customers ever knew was that Crypto AG was secretly owned by the CIA in a highly classified partnership with West German intelligence. These spy agencies rigged the company’s devices so they could easily break the codes that countries used to send encrypted messages.
We have no such thing as ally nations. We do have nations that are currently an ally. It’s always best to keep lock and loaded. CIA, keep up the good work.
I am a cryptographer and have been for decades. EVERY crypto device is designed to retain security for a defined time. The method is simply to add a defined code to text/digital images and then remove it. The Romans did such. Today, there is no infinite way to hide anything! The age of the “super computer” made such a piece of cake. The ONLY way today is to use unorthodox schemes that are difficult if not almost impossible to decipher. The digital world simply did away with mixing letters and numerals. You use it every day on YOUR computer!!!
Now Trump has done everything in his power to try to make the Intelligence community expose how they acquire the information so that the Enemies of this USA, like Russia know how to avoid the intelligence communities activities. I would bet Russia would like to know how our agencies found out exactly where the information in the 2016 election came from right down to the room in a building.
First of all I highly doubt Trump had anything to do with it, but typical leftie response. Second, as you’ll learn in a short while, it was the Ukrainians who interfered in our election, not Russia. The Democrats keep pushing Russia, trying to deflect from all the corrupt, illegal crap they pulled in Ukraine. U fortunately for them, it’s going to be exposed very soon.
Stupidity of the media ? Anything for a buck $$$ – a story !
We could have never won WWII with these unscrupulous
media types in our world. No Morals, No Ethics, No Concern
for being Traitors to our Country – and this includes the Soros
controlled AoL Does anyone thing about this country and not
their own pocketbook. Traitors !
When something is good keep it to yourself keep your mouth shut. What’s the point on having a secret a good one then reporting it?
Too bad it was outed. We lost a good source of intel. I dont thing everything should be published.
If this is true and it was a secret then
you should be prosecuted. But I have to believe it’s typical super market b.s. Either way you should be ashamed.
Great, just a new scandal in the works.
And somehow the democommies will figure a way to blame Trump. Slowly but surely a real showdown between the democrat communist party and “we the people”, not the republican party, will have to happen. The extent of over fifty years of the slow takeover of American society is being revealed. The country excoriated Senator Joe McCarthy back in the 1960’s for daring to expose the extent of communism within the U.S. As it turns out Joe was a man ahead of the times. It was the depth of communist influence in the U.S. that demonized him, just like the demoncratic party is doing today.
It is ALL for MONEY and/or power. George Soros is the core infection of this entire anti USA activity. Remove him and his son, and we have a better Nation. The Demorats shall run back to their rat holes when the money dries up.
hahahhahhaahah..so much for secret ops…
I don’t share the positive sentiment of the author.