Hackers Break SSL Encryption Used By Millions Of Sites

Huge Security Flaw Found In Security System Used By Millions Of Sites
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Researchers have discovered a serious weakness in virtually all websites protected by the secure sockets layer protocol that allows attackers to silently decrypt data that's passing between a webserver and an end-user browser.

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