Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

Famous Passport Hacker to Speak

Friday, August 3, 2007 in News

Remember when computer guru Lukas Grunwald cloned and tweaked the the insides of RFID-filled e-Passport to prove its vulnerability?

This week, Grunwald tells CNNMoney that he is “shocked at how naive the industry - specifically the security document industry is - going into this field and trying to implement security that puts us at risk.”

Grunwald will discuss the vulnerability Saturday at the DefCon 15 hacker convention in Las Vegas this weekend, CNNMoney reported. [end] 

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