Editing Random number (section)

==Real world consequences==
Flaws in ''randomness'' have real-world consequences.<ref name=RandomArticle_Encr.NYT2012>{{cite news
   |newspaper=[[New York Times]]
   |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/technology/researchers-find-flaw-in-an-online-encryption-method.html
   |title=Flaw Found in an Online Encryption Method
   |author=John Markoff  |date=February 14, 2012}}</ref><ref name=RandomArticle_Lott.NYT2012>{{cite news
|newspaper=[[New York Times]]
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/03/magazine/money-issue-iowa-lottery-fraud-mystery.html
|title=The man who cracked the lottery
|author=Reid Forgrave  |date=May 3, 2018}}</ref>

A 99.8% randomness was shown by researchers to negatively affect an estimated 27,000 customers of a large service<ref name=RandomArticle_Encr.NYT2012/> and that the problem was not limited to just that situation.{{clarify|date=December 2022}}