Networking Giant Pulls NSA-Linked Code Exploited by Hackers

American networking powerhouse Juniper Networks says it will remove a piece of code from some of its networking devices that is believed to have been designed by the NSA and exploited by hackers to decrypt traffic protected by some of the company’s firewalls.

Last month, Juniper announced that it had discovered two pieces of “unauthorized code” in the operating system for its NetScreen line of firewalls. That code allowed a “knowledgeable attacker” to gain administrative access to the firewalls and to decrypt some traffic protected by them. For the full article click here 

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