Swiss spies knew about Crypto AG compromise – and kept it from govt overseers for nearly 30 years

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Wider government only told of encryption machine nobbling a year after it ended

Swiss politicians only found out last year that cipher machine company Crypto AG was (quite literally) owned by the US and Germany during the Cold War, a striking report from its parliament has revealed.…


Read the original article: Swiss spies knew about Crypto AG compromise – and kept it from govt overseers for nearly 30 years