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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Scientists crack RSA SecurID 800 tokens,
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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:38:35 -0700
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Scientists crack RSA SecurID 800 tokens, steal cryptographic keys
http://j.mp/MvhBKv (ars technica)
"The exploit, described in a paper to be presented at the CRYPTO 2012
conference in August, requires just 13 minutes to extract a secret key
from RSA's SecurID 800, which company marketers hold out as a secure
way for employees to store credentials needed to access confidential
virtual private networks, corporate domains, and other sensitive
environments. The attack also works against other widely used devices,
including the electronic identification cards the government of
Estonia requires all citizens 15 years or older to carry, as well as
tokens made by a variety of other companies."
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