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Security loophole in Windows 2000 exposes users' private info
Security loophole in Windows 2000 exposes users' private info

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1165210682;fp;2;fpid;1

By Howard Dahdah
13/11/2007

A loophole in the random number generator of Windows 2000 can expose
users email, password and credit card details, university researchers
claim.

"This is not a theoretical discovery. Anyone who exploits this security
loophole can definitely access this information on other computers,"
said Dr. Benny Pinkas from the Department of Computer Science at the
University of Haifa.

Pinkas said all correspondence that emanated from a computer using
Windows 2000 is susceptible to tracking.

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