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2011-06-07 -Lurid Crime Tales-

RSA Admits SecurID Tokens Have Been Compromised - Defense Contractors Attacked

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-06-07 14:04|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 RSA is expected to replace practically every one of the 40 million SecurID tokens currently used.

Serves them right.

Using only one algorithm was a brain dead cost cutting measure.

Posted by phil_b 2011-06-07 21:32|| 2011-06-07 21:32|| Front Page Top

#2 "Lockheed Martin said that their systems remain secure, and that no customer, program or employee personal data has been compromised"

That is quite possible. They might have used the RSA keys for network access, say a VPN connection, but not for actual access credentials for specific machines. So cracking the RSA keys might have allowed you to connect to the network, it might not allow you access to any of the hosts or data on that network.

Posted by crosspatch 2011-06-07 23:57|| 2011-06-07 23:57|| Front Page Top

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