Silicon.com: Encryption devices snatched in US customs sting

[Owen Blacker]

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> HEADLINE: Encryption devices snatched in US customs sting
> PUBLISHED: 11:00am on Monday 3rd September 2001
> CHANNEL: Ebusiness security
> AUTHOR: Pia Heikkila
> SERVICE: http://www.silicon.com
> 
> TEXT OF STORY FOLLOWS:
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> Chinese deal falls foul of undercover operation...
> 
> US Customs have arrested two men for trying to sell 
> top-secret encryption devices to China.
> 
> The machines are technologically very advanced and need 
> special approval from the National Security Agency (NSA) 
> before they can be taken outside the US. The two men were 
> arrested after a four-month investigation with customs 
> officers posing as intermediaries who were pretending to help 
> to export the devices to a third party.
> 
> The devices, known as KIV-7HS are used to secure and 
> safeguard classified communications, according to news 
> service IDG. The high-profile devices provide cryptographic 
> functions in Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) 
> architectures to provide encrypted high-bandwidth data 
> transmission via satellite with a range of data speeds. 
> 
> For related stories, see:
> Dmitri case ushers in age of hacker crackdown
> http://www.silicon.com/a46902  
> Hackers hit wireless encryption system
> http://www.silicon.com/a46819  
> Security fears fuel sector growth 
> http://www.silicon.com/a46780  
> 
> 
> STORY ENDS
> 
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> 
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