NIST Removes Cryptography Algorithm from Random Number Generator Recommendations September 2013, news reports prompted public concern about the trustworthiness of Dual_EC_DRBG. As a result, NIST ...

NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has formally removed Dual_EC_DRBG from its draft guidance on random number generators.

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 ...