How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades - Washington Post
►https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage
For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries. For more than half a century, governments all over the world trusted a single company to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers and diplomats secret. The company, Crypto AG, got its first break with a contract to build code-making machines for U.S. troops during World War II. Flush with cash, it became a dominant maker of encryption devices for decades, navigating waves of technology from (...)
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