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The Secret Math Backdoor That let the US Government Spy on Anyone

https://leetarxiv.substack.com/p/dual-ec-backdoor-coding-guide

In 2006, the NSA hid a secret mathematical backdoor in the Dual EC DRBG cryptographic standard. They denied it for 8 years. Microsoft researchers and the Snowden leaks proved it.
I implemented the backdoor in Python.

submitted this linkon June 10, 2025