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IBM Crypto Up For Grabs?

Posted by timothy on from the oops dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "BBC Newsnight have tonight shown an article about a groups of hackers who are about to release details of the vulnerability of the IBM Cryptographical processors. ( Details here.) The BBC article can be watched online here. Alan Cox makes a starring role ;)" windowlicker adds some detail: "Mike Bond and Richard Clayton, from Cambridge University, have cracked IBM's 4758 crytoprocessor running the 'Common Cryptographic Architecture' (CCA). You can do the same with $1000-worth of hardware and the info from here. Many banks use this system for protecting PINs." The video file requires Real software; here's the BBC's article online for those of us without.

3 of 230 comments (clear)

  1. When will they learn... by bytes256 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Crypto is like the law...it's made to be broken!

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  2. RealSoftware ReallySucks by 1010011010 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What an unholy load of crap. I have never seen suck a bitchy, needy, clingy installer. What the world needs is a RealMedia to MPEG converter.

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    Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.
  3. Re:ATM's are more prone to stone age methods by 1010011010 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    My favorite thing about ATMs is the braille all over the console and the buttons, with a CRT giving the instructions. It's a hoot!

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    Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.