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Siemens German Digital Signature Chip Hacked
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Minow)
Wed Dec 1 14:35:01 1999
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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 10:34:10 -0800
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The Register <http://www.theregister.co.uk> reports that the Siemens
Digital Signature Chip used for cashless payments (and recently ratified
for use by the European Union) was disassembled. According to The Register's
sources, "the knowledge gained has already been used to get hold of Telesec
private keys.
Martin Minow
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