Wyden, Lee, Others Seek Answers in 2015 Juniper Breach
Juniper Networks never accounted for a 2015 security breach, in which unauthorized and NSA-designed code was added to its products, lawmakers led by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wrote Wednesday. Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah; Cory Booker, D-N.J.; and 13 House Democrats…
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sought information. Four years since Juniper announced an investigation, the public has “no information about why Juniper quietly added an NSA-designed, likely-backdoored encryption algorithm, or how, years later, the keys to that probable backdoor were changed by an unknown entity, likely to the detriment of U.S. national security,” they wrote. They cited Attorney General William’s Barr’s effort to pressure tech companies to weaken encryption and assist government surveillance. The company didn’t comment.