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Claude AI Cracks the NSA’s 25-Year Cryptography Seed Mystery

Claude AI Cracks the NSA’s 25-Year Cryptography Seed Mystery

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For 25 years, cryptographers suspected the NSA’s mysterious encryption seeds might conceal a backdoor. Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) cracked the puzzle in under 30 minutes, uncovering a surprisingly ordinary explanation. For decades, some of the world’s brightest cryptographers had been chasing a ghost . Five mathematical curves used to protect internet communications carried mysterious numbers supplied by the National Security Agency (NSA), and nobody could satisfactorily explain where those numbers came from. Theories ranged from forgotten jokes to deliberately planted weaknesses.

Also reported by TheCoinrise.

Source: Bitcoin.com News

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