WPA broken?

: Wireless networks that use a popular form of security known as
: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) are vulnerable to an attack that
: could compromise certain communications in less than 15 minutes,
: two researchers plan to tell attendees next week at the PacSec
: 2008 conference in Tokyo.

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11537


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