A 2020 Washington Post investigation revealed that Crypto AG — a Swiss company that sold encryption devices to over 120 governments — was secretly owned by the CIA and German BND since 1970. The agencies rigged the devices so they could easily break the encryption and read classified communications from allies and adversaries alike. The operation, codenamed 'Rubicon,' was called 'the intelligence coup of the century' in CIA documents.
Crypto AG, the world's leading encryption company, was secretly owned by the CIA and BND for decades
“Crypto AG's encryption machines are compromised. The CIA is reading the classified communications of governments worldwide through backdoored encryption.”
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“Crypto AG has always been an independent Swiss company. Allegations of intelligence agency ownership are baseless conspiracy theories.”
— Crypto AG Management · Jun 1995
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“Crypto AG has always been an independent Swiss company. Allegations of intelligence agency ownership are baseless conspiracy theories.”
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