Security C#

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
public static class Utility
{
    private static byte[] _bytes = ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes("AAAAAAAA");
    public static string Encrypt(string originalString)
    {
        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(originalString))
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException("The string which needs to be encrypted can not be empty.");
        }
        DESCryptoServiceProvider cryptoProvider = new DESCryptoServiceProvider();
        MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
        CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, cryptoProvider.CreateEncryptor(_bytes, _bytes), CryptoStreamMode.Write);
        StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(cryptoStream);
        writer.Write(originalString);
        writer.Flush();
        cryptoStream.FlushFinalBlock();
        writer.Flush();
        return Convert.ToBase64String(memoryStream.GetBuffer(), 0, (int)memoryStream.Length);
    }
    public static string Decrypt(string cryptedString)
    {
        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(cryptedString))
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException("The string which needs to be decrypted can not be empty.");
        }
        DESCryptoServiceProvider cryptoProvider = new DESCryptoServiceProvider();
        MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Convert.FromBase64String(cryptedString));
        CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, cryptoProvider.CreateDecryptor(_bytes, _bytes), CryptoStreamMode.Read);
        StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(cryptoStream);
        return reader.ReadToEnd();
    }
}