Sophisticated hackers broke into security company RSA's servers and stole data related to SecurID authentication tokens, the firm's head announced late Thursday.
The tokens are used by an estimated 40 million employees of large corporations and organizations. They generate a seemingly random six-digit number every 30 or 60 seconds, which the employees type in to log into virtual private networks or other sensitive systems.
The RSA cryptography algorithm, which uses a 128-bit "seed" unique to each token to generate the numbers, is virtually impossible to crack. An estimated 250 million smartphones use similar RSA software to verify identity.
I'm not a bad enough dude, but I am an edgy little shit. I'll do what I can.
SNESGuy
Title: El Duderino
Joined: Jul 31 2010
Location: Da D.C
Posts: 1831
Posted:
Mar 18 2011 05:49 pm
If MIT hacked them it would have been an honor anyway so whats wrong with a couple of hackers
Crazy_Bastard
Title: CeeBee
Joined: Feb 25 2007
Location: Tulsa
Posts: 489
Posted:
Mar 19 2011 03:06 pm
Wasn't this the same kind of encryption used to lock that one document that the Wikileaks founder released, and threatened to give out the key for if shit went down?
