There’s no cheating this random number generator. ... Everything is processed through an algorithm that filters out any patterns. The result is 512 binary digits of certified pure randomness.

September 2013, news reports prompted public concern about the trustworthiness of Dual_EC_DRBG. As a result, NIST immediately recommended against the use of the algorithm and reissued SP 800-90A ...

The numbers could be predicted by anyone familiar with the random number generators, security procedures and the algorithm, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation special agent Don Smith wrote in ...

Many years since a backdoor was discovered, probably planted by the NSA, public pressure finally forces NIST to formally remove Dual_EC_DRBG from their recommendations.

The NSA unduly influenced the US government's standards-creation process to introduce a cryptographic flaw into an algorithm, ... NSA 'altered random-number generator' Published. 11 September 2013 ...