Another reason we can't trust the government with our encryption keys

in #security8 years ago (edited)

People who we think work for our government might also work for other governments.

A FBI electronics technician pleaded guilty on Monday to having illegally acted as an agent of China, admitting that he on several occasions passed sensitive information to a Chinese official.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-employee-accused-being-chinese-agent-plead-guilty-160213392.html

The criminal complaint is available: https://www.justice.gov/opa/file/881161/download