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The NIST Elliptic Curves Seeds Bounty Has Been Claimed

🔸A team from Anthropic solved the mystery of NIST elliptic curve seeds, revealing they were generated by a random number generator seeded with time in 1997-98. This discovery strengthens confidence in these critical cryptographic primitives and rules out conspiracy theories surrounding NSA exploitation.

2026-10-16 19:04

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