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Hackers Crack Internet Encryption: Should You Be Worried?

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October 6, 2011
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Hackers Crack Internet Encryption: Should You Be Worried?
BEAST is an exploit developed by security researchers to break the TLS 1.0 encryption used by most major browsers and websites. Heres how it works, and how you can protect yourself. - Alex Wawro, PCWorld
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