Crypto Legend Quisquater Targeted - But NSA May Not Be To Blame 57
judgecorp writes "Reports that the NSA and/or Britain's GCHQ deliberately targeted Belgian cryptography professor Jea-Jacques Quisquater may be jumping to conclusions, the professor has said. Investigation of an apparent NSA/GCHQ hack of Belgian ISP Belgacom uncovered evidence that Quisquater's PC had been infected with malware and had data extracted. However the two incidents might be coincidence: similar malware is used by Asian attackers, he said."
Damned if they did, more so if they didn't (Score:4, Insightful)
Now the NSA has shown its willingness to do such things, and then deny even having the ability, they're going to get the finger of blame pointed at them a lot more, regardless of whether they deserve it, and now in a much more credible way.
Re: Damned if they did, more so if they didn't (Score:3, Insightful)
If you lie often enough I can't believe anything you say anymore. That's the way trust works.
Re:Damned if they did, more so if they didn't (Score:3, Insightful)
Problem is, when pointing the finger blindly at the NSA, your chance to be right is surprisingly high...
Re: Damned if they did, more so if they didn't (Score:4, Insightful)
Clapper lied to Congress. No ifs, ands or buts about it. That's enough for me. If he'll lie under oath why on earth should we ever expect him to tell the truth?
Re:Either way, they are responsible (Score:2, Insightful)
Thanks a lot. It's bad enough that it's below zero outside and I'm still hungover and haven't gotten over the cold that I caught last week, but now I've got Total Surveillance in the WorkplaceTM to worry about.
And my cat just threw up. I'm going back to bed.
Re:TFA doesn't tell much... (Score:4, Insightful)