Oyster Card Cloning Fears ; Researchers 'Break Chip's Security Code'
Evening Standard - London › March 14, 2008
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RESEARCHERS claim to have broken the electronic security used in the Oyster card and warned the way could be opened for them to be "cloned" using home computers.
German computer engineering students behind the discovery claim any of the 10 million Oyster cards in circulation could now be cloned in under 10 minutes using a standard PC and card reader.See the full content of this document
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Oyster Card Cloning Fears ; Researchers 'Break Chip's Security Code'
The cloned cards could then be used by fraudsters to travel free.
The discover...See the full content of this document
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