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[ArsTechnica] New attack steals SSNs, e-mail addresses, and more from HTTPS pages

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The HTTPS cryptographic scheme protecting millions of websites is vulnerable to a newly revived attack that exposes encrypted e-mail addresses, social security numbers, and other sensitive data even when attackers don't have the ability to monitor a targeted end user's Internet connection.

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