Faulty encryption can put data at risk Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images
Hardware faults are leaking hundreds of supposedly unbreakable encryption keys on to the internet, researchers have found and spy agencies may be exploiting the loophole to read secret messages.
RSA is a widely-used encryption scheme that depends on two numbers a public key, which anyone can use to encrypt a message intended for a particular person, and a private key, which decrypts the messages and only that person has access to. Individuals can also use their private key to sign a message, allowing anyone to use their public key…
