Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail

August 7, 2008 By JORDAN ROBERTSON , AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- A newly discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure not only permits hackers to force people to visit Web sites they didn't want to, it also allows them to intercept e-mail messages, the researcher who discovered the bug said Wednesday.

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