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It is claimed that it also happened to the OpenBSD crypto code: marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129236621626462&w=2 (a bit of analysis on the story: https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/experts-openbsd-backdoor-... ).

Long story short. The FBI put on its payroll a well paid crypto analyst trusted with commit access to the OpenBSD code. Years after that, somebody claims that the analyst has put on the FBI payroll to implant an hidden weakness in the crypto code. Audit follows; nothing found in the code. FUD still remains.



Someone should write a book about that, it's a great conspiracy theory. Reminds me of Robert Harris - The Ghost in a way.




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