Snowden Leaks Led Al Qaeda to Better Encryption
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 5th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Snowden Leaks Led Al Qaeda to Better Encryption
Security researchers announced Friday that they have found new evidence to bolster claims from the National Security Agency that terrorists have altered their countermeasures in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations. A report from the intelligence firm Recorded Future concludes that “it’s pretty clear” that there is an “increased pace of innovation in encryption technology by Al-Qaeda post Snowden.” The encryption, the report added, “is based on best practice, off the shelf, algorithms.”
