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John Walker, the Navy Spy Who Defined Crypto-Betrayal, Dead at 77 - by Sean Gallagher/ Tech-Policy/ ArsTechnica.com
"This week, the man responsible for what is probably the biggest cryptographic failure in military history died—just a few months before he was due to be released from prison. John Walker Jr. led a family spy ring that exposed a vast trove of classified data to the Soviet Union for 18 years by giving them access to Navy cryptographic materials. He passed away in a North Carolina federal prison hospital on Thursday after a long battle with cancer. He was 77 years old..."
John Walker Jr. started spying for the Soviets while he was a chief warrant officer in the US Navy—to help get out of debt from a failed bar. He kept doing it for 18 years.
For those interested in a more thorough description of this story, see
The Navy's Biggest Betrayal - by John Prados/ Naval History Magazine/ U.S.Naval Institute/usni.org
Richard
"This week, the man responsible for what is probably the biggest cryptographic failure in military history died—just a few months before he was due to be released from prison. John Walker Jr. led a family spy ring that exposed a vast trove of classified data to the Soviet Union for 18 years by giving them access to Navy cryptographic materials. He passed away in a North Carolina federal prison hospital on Thursday after a long battle with cancer. He was 77 years old..."
John Walker Jr. started spying for the Soviets while he was a chief warrant officer in the US Navy—to help get out of debt from a failed bar. He kept doing it for 18 years.
For those interested in a more thorough description of this story, see
The Navy's Biggest Betrayal - by John Prados/ Naval History Magazine/ U.S.Naval Institute/usni.org
Richard