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Oh, it's way older than that. Here's a story from 1996: https://www.spiegel.de/politik/wer-ist-der-befugte-vierte-a-681416ee-0002-0001-0000-000009088423?context

• natmaka 5y ago
  Way, way older. At least 10 years. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG#Compromised_machines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG#Compromised_machines Excerpt: Crypto AG had already earlier been accused of rigging its machines in collusion with intelligence agencies ((...)) Suspicions of this collusion were aroused in 1986
• dredmorbius 5y ago
  Suspected, as early as 1986. Confirmed via memo in 2015, exposed in 2020. Degrees of proof and documentation differ among these. And this still fails to establish the "well-known" aspect.
  • natmaka 5y ago
    >>> This is a very old and well-known case > Suspected AFAIK in those circles "suspected" creates a "case", and this one was quite big given the suspect (the US) and the period (before the fall of the USSR). > as early as 1986 AFAIK in those circles 1986 is, from now, "very old".