<p>The Syrian Electronic Army: 9 Things We KnowWhat do the latest National Security Agency (NSA) leaks portend for privacy, the future of cryptography and people's use of encryption, as well as foreign businesses' trust of American-made technology hardware and software?</p><p>Documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, and detailed Friday by the Guardian, The New York Times and ProPublica, have revealed an NSA decryption program, codenamed Bullrun, that has the ability to hack such protocols as HTTPS, VoIP and Secure Sockets Layer. SSL is used to protect today's sensitive Web transactions, including online banking and e-commerce. More Security InsightsWebcasts More >>White Papers More >>Reports More >></p><p>"Project Bullrun deals with NSA's abilities to defeat the encryption used in specific network communication technologies," said a leaked NSA document. Leaked documents also revealed that the NSA has modified some commercial encryption products "to make them exploitable" and worked with "industry partners" -- meaning, U.S. technology firms -- to add known exploits or back door access to their software and hardware.</p><p>[ How badly will U.S. be hit by eroded international trust? Read NSA's Prism Could Cost U.S. Cloud Companies $45 Billion. ]</p><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/security/privacy/nsa-crypto-revelations-7-issues-to-watch/240161009">Keep reading...</a></p>