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I would be very surprised if the NSA did not already know about these vulnerabilities. It's unfortunate that we can't count on the NSA doing the responsible thi
by williamscales 9y ago
I would be very surprised if the NSA did not already know about these vulnerabilities. It's unfortunate that we can't count on the NSA doing the responsible thing for national security (which would be to notify Intel). But if these bugs were found by several independent researchers this year, it's hard for me to believe that the NSA didn't already find them. If they didn't, they are falling down on the job.
- appstateguy 9y agoThere's been a brain drain [0] going on at the NSA, so it wouldn't surprise me if they missed it. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-nsas-top-talent-is-leaving-because-of-low-pay-and-battered-morale/2018/01/02/ff19f0c6-ec04-11e7-9f92-10a2203f6c8d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-n...
- dgoldstein0 9y agoSure, but these flaws aren't particularly new - specter has been possible in some form likely for the last 20 years.
- hishnash 9y agobut a lot of this brain drain has gone to private security companies that then sell vulnerabilities to national bodies. (Like the one in Israel that sold a load of 0day exploits for the iPhone to the CIA)