Hackers Crack London Tube's Ticketing System


	Hackers Crack London Tube's Ticketing System

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6-26-2008 12:34 AM

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security researchers rode the London Underground free for a day after easily using an ordinary laptop to clone the "smartcards" commuters use to pay fares, a hack that highlights a serious security flaw because similar cards provide access to thousands of government offices, hospitals and schools.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/hackers-crack-l.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.wired.com/img/5036400A-CA7A-4605-B137-BDF03F5B5801" alt="High_oyster_readers" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/hackers-crack-l.html"><P>There are more than 17 million of the transit cards, <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_Card">called Oyster Cards</A>, in circulation. Transport for London <A href="http://www.thelondondailynews.com/security-experts-crack-oyster-card-p-851.html">says the breach poses no threat</A> to passengers and "the most anyone could gain from a rogue card is one day's
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