Trust, Transparency, and Treachery: What the Friedman–Hagelin Agreement Teaches OT Security Professionals
A Cold War handshake that compromised global cryptography – and a modern reminder that in connected systems, unverified trust is the most dangerous vulnerability of all. Through the lens of the Friedman–Hagelin cryptographic agreement, this talk explores how a secret handshake led to decades of compromised encryption, and what Cold War deception can teach today’s…