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That was how RSA was breached, which led to the eventual loss of the SecureID master key (and follow-on breeches at DoD suppliers).

What does RSA stand for? I was on their (SecurID) related site, and checked out the "about" page, but the acronym is never defined.

Initials of the three inventors (discoverers?) of the algorithm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_(algorithm)

(Ron) Rivest, (Adi) Shamir, (Leonard) Adleman