The IACR Can't Decrypt with Matt Bernhard

Security. Cryptography. Whatever. by Deirdre Connolly, Thomas Ptacek, David Adrian

Dec 31, 202556:49Technology

The International Association of Cryptologic Research held their regular election using secure voting software called Helios…and lost the keys to decrypt the results, leaving them with no choice but to throw out the vote...

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