Have you heard about this?
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Have you heard about this?
I guess we will learn more tomorrow??? (Sorry about the copy and paste) http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63143,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_8 Researchers found a serious security flaw that left core Internet technology vulnerable to hackers, prompting a secretive effort by international governments and industry experts in recent weeks to prevent global disruptions of Web surfing, e-mails and instant messages.
That's certainly scary. If this guy is so sure that hackers will now how to "do it within 5 minutes" of leaving the meeting, why is he even disclosing any information? Sometimes the smartest people ... Ame
Wow....very scary. Some people.....
I talked to my DH about this and he said it's been around for a long time now. He said most large companies have made sure to deal with this issue; inlcuding his. There are so many ways to cause trouble, if you really wanted to! Things like this are never going to go away. It's always something!
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