'Buy a big enough botnet and you can crack almost any level of encryption' says BT

Charlee Gothard
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'Encryption no longer be all and end all' says head of information assurance Jelleyman

With a big enough botnet and a decent equipment budget, almost any existing level of IT security can be cracked. That's according to BT's head of information assurance, Ashley Jelleyman, speakin...

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