Is king crypto's crown secure? The blending of civil and military technologies in the first decade of the 21st century has created new military applications for encryption. Users are realising that there is more than one way that a potential enemy can glean unprotected secrets.

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Is king crypto's crown secure? The blending of civil and military technologies in the first decade of the 21st century has created new military applications for encryption. Users are realising that there is more than one way that a potential enemy can glean unprotected secrets.

Just over a month after the start of the ceasefire that ended the 34 days of war between Israel and Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 came first suggestions that the guerrillas had been able to intercept and decipher Israeli tactical radio communications, an intelligence breakthrough that had helped them respond to and counter Israeli attacks.

>, reported Newsday, citing unidentified Hezbollah and Lebanese officials. Hezbollah personnel able to speak Hebrew were able to translate intercepted Israeli transmissions and relay the information to local commanders. An unidentified Hezbollah commander involved in the battles was quoted as saying, >. He declined to say how this has been achieved, but admitted that the guerrillas were not able to break into Israeli communications at all times.

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