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SHA1 algorithm securing e-commerce and software could break by year's end

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Ars Technica; By Dan Goodin
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SHA1, one of the Internet's most crucial cryptographic algorithms, is so weak to a newly refined attack that it may be broken by real-world hackers in the next three months, an international team of researchers warned Thursday.

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