Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw


	Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw

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7-24-2008 7:31 PM

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7-24-2008 8:47 PM

jamesgrimes

and the patch?

7-24-2008 8:53 PM

meancookie89

umm how did this happen really! Is this world wide or just in Pari!

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                        SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet.                        
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An elite squad of computer industry engineers that labored in secret to solve the problem released a software "patch" two weeks ago and sought to keep details of the vulnerability hidden at least a month to give people time to protect computers from attacks.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarecrime"><P>
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