In 2007, this wireless security algorithm was rendered useless by capturing packets and discovering the passkey in a matter of seconds. this security flaw led to a network invasion of tj maxx and data theft through a technique known as wardriving. which algorithm is this referring to?
a. wired equivalent privacy (wep)
b. wi-fi protected access (wpa)
c. wi-fi protected access 2 (wpa2)
d. temporal key integrity protocol (tkip)

The answer to this question is the option "A".

Explanation:

The  WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a security protocol suite. Which is defined in the IEEE(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) standard 802.11b. This project invented to produce a wireless local area network (WLAN) with a level of security and secrecy. Which is normally demanded from a wired LAN. In WEP two devices need to share their password to communicate with one or more devices. The difficulty with WEP includes the use of a 24-bit initialization vector, that will sometimes repeat itself during transmission. So the answer to this question is WEP.