RFID proven to be insecure (once again)

Feb 03, 2009 13:55

Drive by hacking nets passport details:A white hat hacker has proved to the US authorities that their RFID passports are transmitting personal information to ID thieves.

Chris Paget has build a machine off gear he bought off Ebay for a couple of hundred dollars. He then drove through San Francisco and read RFID tags from passports, drivers licences and other ID documents.

security, hacking, rfid

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