“The Spy in the Sandbox” a new attack which can easily hack eight out of ten computers

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Cornell University Researchers Develop “The Spy In The Sandbox” The New Attack Which Can Easily Hack 8 Out Of 10 Computers

A group of Columbia University security researchers have developed a new way to hack a computer using Javascript. The Cornell University researchers have named the exploit “the spy in the sandbox” and the researchers state that the exploit can hack any computer running on Intel microprocessor and a Web browser using HTML5.

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Hilarious, and these are the good guys. Think maybe education is overated?

Yes--what in the world are Columbia University security researchers doing developing and publicizing a new hack?
 
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