‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude Cracks 25-Year NSA Number Mystery
Key Highlights: The mystery surrounding cryptographic seeds provided by the National Security Agency (NSA) in 1997 remains unsolved despite decades of suspicion and public scrutiny. Security researchers have long questioned whether the unexplained numbers contained an intentional backdoor, a fear amplified by Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding the NSA weakening standards like the Dual_EC_DRBG. Despite public-records ...