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RSA security firm hit by 'sophisticated' hackers
« on: March 18, 2011, 06:45:38 PM »
... that's not good

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42152645/ns/technology_and_science-security/
http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=3872

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Sophisticated hackers broke into security company RSA's servers and stole data related to SecurID authentication tokens, the firm's head announced late Thursday.
The tokens are used by an estimated 40 million employees of large corporations and organizations. They generate a seemingly random six-digit number every 30 or 60 seconds, which the employees type in to log into virtual private networks or other sensitive systems.
The RSA cryptography algorithm, which uses a 128-bit "seed" unique to each token to generate the numbers, is virtually impossible to crack. An estimated 250 million smartphones use similar RSA software to verify identity.

... millions of servers are using RSA "as a part" of the ssl process  8)
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