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Cryptography is going to play an increasingly important role in everyday life as the number of transactions happening online increases. The current recession is certainly accelerating this as retailers try to cut costs and reduce overheads. Microsoft says that the researchers have not published the cryptographic background to the attack but this doesn't mean that criminals both online and offline won't try to exploit this technique.
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