[RcouF1uZ4gsC]

> One reason SIKE’s vulnerability was not detected until now was because the new attack “applies very advanced mathematics—I can’t think of another situation where an attack has used such deep mathematics compared with the system being broken,” says Galbraith. Katz agrees, saying, “I suspect that fewer than 50 people in the world understand both the underlying mathematics and the necessary cryptography.”

And I bet 48 of those people work for the NSA.

[zmgsabst]

That’s not fair — at least ten work for Chinese intelligence.

[RcouF1uZ4gsC]

And some may actually work for both!

[zaroth]

Ouch.

[lizardactivist]

The smartest people in the world are always Americans. No wonder the rest of the world can't make things on their own, and always steal American technology!