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Weakness in digital certificates exposed

Researchers have uncovered a weakness in the internet’s digital certificate system that allows them to forge counterfeit credentials needed to impersonate virtually any website that relies on the widely used security measure.

More than 200 Playstation 3’s were used in this proof-of-concept attack that throws the issue of internet security wide open.

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