The problem lies with the RC4s Key Scheduling Algorithm, which is derived from a secret key, and is used to convert messages into code. The researchers found that, under certain circumstances, this process is predictable and discovered that with WEP they could reverse the process, discover the secret key and decipher all messages.
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