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Belgium's eID Authentication Opens Citizen Accounts to RCE
Belgium's eID Authentication system was compromised, opening citizen accounts to RCE vulnerabilities. The incident revealed that the underlying trust framework for the electronic ID system was fully breached by severe flaws found in a key browser extension, which highlights broader problems with extensions generally.
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