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road toll transponder hacked
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Tue Aug 26 09:26:06 2008
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:24:03 -0400
Drivers using the automated FasTrak toll system on roads and
bridges in California's Bay Area could be vulnerable to fraud,
according to a computer security firm in Oakland, CA.
Despite previous reassurances about the security of the system,
Nate Lawson of Root Labs claims that the unique identity numbers
used to identify the FasTrak wireless transponders carried in cars
can be copied or overwritten with relative ease.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/21301/?a=f
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com
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