A lot of cryptographers call these ciphers “vanity national ciphers”, basically due to the fact that we don’t need regional/country specific crypto and these are not more secure than what’s out there in the global academia anyway.
North Korea has, for some years now, become a notable player in the cybersecurity space. Intelligence agencies have attributed their efforts to the Sony hack, to WannaCry, to the quite recent TYPEFRAME and HIDDEN COBRA; they have proved to have serious capabilities in the field
This is all conjecture, and it is a fact that “Intelligence agencies have attributed it to NK” but some experts do not believe NK performed any of these actions. I don’t think it is proven either way.
Do you have any sources discrediting NK as the perpetrators behind these acts? Not because I’m trying to call you out but I’m genuinely interested in how they came to that conclusion.
A lot of cryptographers call these ciphers “vanity national ciphers”, basically due to the fact that we don’t need regional/country specific crypto and these are not more secure than what’s out there in the global academia anyway.
It’s taking up space in the OpenSSL codebase etc.
This is all conjecture, and it is a fact that “Intelligence agencies have attributed it to NK” but some experts do not believe NK performed any of these actions. I don’t think it is proven either way.
Do you have any sources discrediting NK as the perpetrators behind these acts? Not because I’m trying to call you out but I’m genuinely interested in how they came to that conclusion.