RESEARCHERS have revealed a flaw in the way data is scrambled to protect the privacy of online banking, shopping and other kinds of sensitive exchanges.
A programme used to generate random number sequences for encrypting digital information worked properly 99.8% of the time, meaning that two out of every thousand "keys" wouldn't thwart crooks or spies, the report warned.
"We found that the majority of public keys work as intended," said a report by a team of researchers.
Warning of risks in online banking
RESEARCHERS have revealed a flaw in the way data is scrambled to protect the privacy of online banking, shopping and other kinds of sensitive exchanges.
A programme used to generate random number sequences for encrypting digital information worked properly 99.8% of the time, meaning that two out of every thousand "keys" wouldn't thwart crooks or spies, the report warned.
"We found that the majority of public keys work as intended," said a report by a team of researchers.
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