Cryptanalyzing a Pair of Russian Encryption Algorithms
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A pair of Russia-designed cryptographic algorithms—the Kuznyechik block cipher and the Streebog hash function—have the same flawed S-box that is almost certainly an intentional backdoor. It’s just not the kind of mistake you make by accident, not in 2014.
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