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Not only Crypto AG, but also Omnisec AG manufactured manipulated encryption devices, that is, crackable ones. This is proven by the “Rundschau” investigation.
Dälliker (ZH) Omnisec AG was Crypto AG’s biggest competitor, making headlines in February as a “spy factory.” There have also been rumors about Omnisec AG for years about the alleged influence of foreign secret services. However, these never materialized.
Several sources now confirm: The Zurich company Omnisec AG was also under the influence of foreign secret services. They made devices that were tampered with. Unlike Crypto AG, which delivered secure devices to Switzerland, Omnisec AG did not appear to have any qualms in Switzerland.
Swiss federal agencies and major banks affected
This is demonstrated by the incident, which affects the OC-500 series devices, among other things. These were used by various Swiss federal agencies, including the Strategic Intelligence Service (SND) and the National Intelligence Service (DAP). Authorities noted that the devices were unsafe in the mid-2000s.
Several sources tell the “Rundschau”: Not only the federal government, but also several Swiss companies received tampered devices from Omnisec AG. The largest Swiss bank, UBS, is also affected.
It remains to be seen whether the authorities informed UBS about the weak devices in the mid-2000s. UBS writes in the “Rundschau”: “The events it investigated date back to the early days of UBS. As a matter of principle, we do not discuss the details of the security precautions. We have no evidence that sensitive data was exposed at that time. “
The authorities do not want to comment
The Zürich FDP National Council and banker Hans-Peter Portmann describe this as a new dimension in the secret service issue: “This raises the question of internal espionage.” Now it demands that it be clarified which federal agencies knew, if the economy had been warned and what role the Federal Council had played.
The Department of Defense, the Federal Intelligence Service and the Federal Council declined to comment on the investigation when asked. It is not known whether the parliamentary oversight of the intelligence service, the corporate audit delegation (GPDel), is investigating the Omnisec AG case. GPDel President Alfred Heer declined to comment on this.
The company Omnisec AG was dissolved at the same time as Crypto AG two years ago. The last owner of Omnisec AG, Clemens Kammer, made it clear to “Rundschau” that “customers of the long-liquidated Omnisec AG have valued and will continue to value security, confidentiality, discretion and reliability in business relationships. . »
“Rundschau”
