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Backdoors, Incompetence, and Elliptic Curves

· John Cook · Oct. 21, 2026, 3:17 p.m.

Cryptography Elliptic Curves Cryptography Elliptic Curves NIST security flaws

Summary

This blog post discusses recent news on NIST elliptic curves, highlighting concerns regarding security involving broken certificates and potential backdoors, referencing previous work by the author related to the NSA.

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