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UK e-passport cloned
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Fri Aug 8 12:26:43 2008
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:26:04 -0400
Quoting:
New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against
identity theft can be cloned and manipulated in minutes and
accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use
at international airports.
Tests for The Times exposed security flaws in the microchips
introduced to protect against terrorism and organised crime. The
flaws also undermine claims that 3,000 blank passports stolen last
week were worthless because they could not be forged.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4467106.ece
Hat tip: Bruce Schneier's blog
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com
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