RFID crackers hotwire cars, steal gas, sniff phones

By at 4:44 am Thursday, Sep 22

This paper, "Analysis of the Texas Instruments DST RFID," is a thoroughgoing description of the vulnerabilities in commond RFID tag technology. In a series of related videos, the authors snoop on mobile phones, hotwire a car, and steal gas from a pump-payment system, all using breaks to the RFID. Amazing stuff. Link (via Beyond the Beyond)

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