Snowden leaks reveal encryption programs that NSA couldn't break

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A new report on documents leaked to the press by whistleblower Edward Snowden highlights some security tools the National Security Agency has cracked — and those it hasn't — in its widespread surveillance of digital communication.

The NSA had trouble breaking some forms of encryption, according to a report in the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel that listed seven coauthors, including Laura Poitras, who directed the Snowden documentary Citizenfour . The encryption and security-breaking problems the NSA encountered were ranked on a scale of 1 to 5, from "trivial" to "catastrophic." Facebook chat, for example, was considered "trivial." Read more...

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