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by jlgaddis 4659 days ago
> It should probably be noted that this is not some sort of validation to the fact that "the NSA owns this particular DRBG".

It sounds like the NYT is convinced. The caption under the header picture reads:

"As part of its efforts to foil Web encryption, the National Security Agency inserted a backdoor into a 2006 security standard adopted by the National Institute of Science and Technology, the federal agency charged with recommending cybersecurity standards."