WikiLeaks a “success” for technical security: Diffie

ICANN vice president for information security and cryptography, Doctor Whitfield Diffie, says the attackers could not break the cryptographical defences of the US Defence network and were forced to use an insider.

The information security tag line `defence is harder than offence’ has been disputed by a cryptographical expert who says the WikiLeaks classified information leak was actually a triumph for technical security. Speaking at the AISA National Conference 2012 in Sydney, ICANN vice president for information security and cryptography, Doctor Whitfield Diffie, told delegates that this was because the hackers could not break the Medley