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RFID Security News

Jun 2, 2008Passport cards called security vulnerability
Apr 6, 2008RFID Credit Cards Skimmed with $8 Device
Mar 16, 2008MIFARE RFID Encryption Broken Cards Hacked
Feb 24, 2008Washington State Reps. Pass Ban On RFID Skimming
Feb 10, 2008California Senate Approves Bill To Outlaw Skimming RFID Tags
Jan 31, 2008Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision
Jan 21, 2008Dutch RFID Transit Card Hacked
Jan 21, 2008Tiger Team uses RFID Cloning to break into jewlery store.
Jan 2, 2008Policy group warns over travel card
Jan 1, 2008Electronic Passports Raise Privacy Issues

RFID Security Videos

RFID Skimmer Demonstrated

"Personnel member walks on the street and is sniffed wirelessly"

RFID Skimmer Demonstrated

"...theves can steal information from your wallet, without you even knowing about it...that beeping indicates a sucessful skim..."

Visa, MasterCard and American Express RFID Credit Cards Hacked

"...we use an off the shelf RFID reader to obtain the full name of the card holder, the credit card number and the expiration date..."

RFID Skimmer Demonstrated

"We are able to decrypt the data by getting a reader for $8...on the screen what I'm seeing is the card number, experiation date, name on the card."

California Government ID Cards Hacked

"...the experiment illustrated just how easy it is for a hacker to read those radio frequency identification cards from a few feet away. If you can read someone's information, then literally in a mater of seconds clone someone's card and pass yourself off as them, imagine the mischief that people can do..."

US e-Passport Vulnerabilities

"...terrorists with portable RFID scanners could easily target Americans traveling abroad..."

e-Passport Attack Example

"...this vulnerability represents targeted physical attack against American citizens... this may allow terrorists to craft explosives that only detonate when a citizen of a certain country is near by..."