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------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@wasabisystems.com> To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com Subject: passport hacked Date sent: 02 Nov 2001 18:57:13 -0500
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48105,00.html
Stealing MS Passport's Wallet By Brian McWilliams
12:25 p.m. Nov. 2, 2001 PST
To correct serious security flaws, Microsoft on Friday disabled the virtual wallet function of its Passport service and has begun notifying partners about the vulnerabilities, the company has confirmed.
The bugs in Passport , a sign-on service used by more than 165 million people, were discovered this week by Marc Slemko, a software developer who lives near Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters. Slemko is a founding member of the Apache Software Foundation. [...]
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