"Europe Mulls Open-Sourcing TETRA Emergency Services' Encryption Algorithms"

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is considering open-sourcing the proprietary encryption algorithms used to secure emergency radio communications in response to the public backlash caused by the discovery of security vulnerabilities this summer. Claire Boyer, a spokesperson for the European standards body, announced that the ETSI Technical Committee responsible for the Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) algorithms is discussing whether or not to make them public. Government agencies, law enforcement, military, and emergency service organizations use TETRA to secure radio communications. In July, a Netherlands security company discovered five vulnerabilities in TETRA, two of which were deemed critical, as they could enable criminals to decrypt communications. They could inject messages, deanonymize users, and more. This article continues to discuss why the ETSI may open-source TETRA algorithms.

The Register reports "Europe Mulls Open-Sourcing TETRA Emergency Services' Encryption Algorithms"

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