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Data Security Concept A01

Published August 9, 2016 at 2715 × 1810 in Study Highlights Serious Security Threat to Many Internet Users

A set of three padlocks situated on a dark blue background with several hexadecimal character rows. The central lock is open and glowing red, symbolizing a system open to a cyber-attack or any form of digital intrusion.

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A security threat identified by researchers at UC Riverside could be used to launch targeted attacks that track users’ online activity, forcibly terminate a communication, hijack a conversation between hosts or degrade the privacy guarantee by anonymity networks such as Tor.

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A security threat identified by researchers at UC Riverside could be used to launch targeted attacks that track users’ online activity, forcibly terminate a communication, hijack a conversation between hosts or degrade the privacy guarantee by anonymity networks such as Tor.