Claude AI Cracks the NSA’s 25-Year Cryptography Seed Mystery
October 17, 2026
For 25 years, cryptographers suspected the NSA’s mysterious encryption seeds might conceal a backdoor. Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) cracked the puzzle in under 30 minutes, uncovering a surprisingly ordinary explanation.
Key Takeaways
Anthropic says Claude solved a 25-year NSA encryption mystery in under 30 minutes.
NIST’s five prime-field curve seeds trace to a Unix-era…