[rich_sasha]

I read about the NSA (I believe, or another TLA) having identified some weaknesses in encryption algorithms (RSA I think, though again, memoria fragilis est), that means they could just about break some cyphertexts.

The context was that, although the agency was committed (hmm) to making cybersecurity better for US citizens, and thus helping the cryptography community to improve security, they felt OK exploiting weaknesses, so long as they thought it would be too difficult for others to do so too.

Sorry it's so hand-wavy, I'd love to find the article for my own sake, but busy/hard to google.

[nyolfen]

you may be thinking of the logjam attack on dhke