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The DROWN attack (Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened eNcryption) is a security vulnerability that affects servers supporting both the HTTPS protocol (using SSL/TLS) and the outdated SSLv2 protocol. Discovered in 2016, the DROWN attack takes advantage of weaknesses in the SSLv2 protocol to decrypt data intercepted from secure connections.

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