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I think there are many governments that would be willing to do something like this, and wouldn't care if it affected their own systems too as long as only they knew about it. Hell, that probably describes most governments, including in the United States and the UK.
There have been several agencies and officials in the U.S. who have openly expressed discomfort with the idea of impenetrable cryptography.
@bruce @timbray @lcamtuf @rfc6919 @projectgus oh, absolutely agreed on all that. furthermore, whether or not THIS attack was state-sponsored, now everybody has seen the strategy.