WSIS Physical Security Cracked

An anonymous reader writes "A group of activists has apparently bypassed physical security checks at the WSIS Meetings. Not only did they bypass the physical security with a fake card, they found the system uses RFID tags to monitor participants -- possibly even who they interact with and their movements through the conference."

Comments

Feels good

[Hi_2k]

These people are looking to be put in charge of my Packets, yet they cant even keep a couple of geeks out of a confrence room? I'm sure we'll all feel REALLY safe ordering online with them in charge.

Re:Feels good

[Geek of Tech]

But don't worry about the data they collect! They're probably using 2-bit encryption! It's the only thing you can use with their 2-bit security measures......

huh?

[junkymailbox]

Ok, so these guys "cracked" the system by finding the name of a person, got a fake id, went there, took a picture and walked in.

sidenote: all them kids in the clubs must be great crackers .. I see them "cracked" and "bypassed physical security" all the time ..
oh wait .. this is slashdot .. no one goes to clubs here ..
then they disect the card that were given to them to find out that they have RFID chips but no one seems to know what it does. .. Wait .. how's this different than any other place that asks for your information .. like Police and Lawyers Love E-ZPass?

Re:huh?

[segfault7375]

Yeah, but I bet you would feel differently about it if you were proven innocent because you were buying hand lotion and copy of Maxim when the crime was being committed.

Re:huh?

[Trigun]

In that case, I've been proven innocent in about a million crimes already! I love technology!

And Maxim...

Re:huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

That's why my VONS card is under the name Jeffery Lebowski

Re:huh?

[HeghmoH]

I'd rather go to jail for a crime I didn't commit than have a thousand strangers know that I read Maxim.

Well. . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Days before the Summit no physical security was available. Anyone could bring anything inside the conference

Yep, it was fairly easy to sneak my tin foil hat in.

so this is like 'hacking'

[Anonymous Coward]

except they were walking around and stuff.... neato.

Re:so this is like 'hacking'

[Grey Tomorrow]

I like to call it "warwalking". Catchy huh?

easy solution

[markov_chain]

microwave for 1s

Further proof (as if any was needed)

[Anonymous Coward]

that geeks are merely terrorists under another name!

Re:"Bypassed security"

[whereiswaldo]

So, if I buy a fake passport on a street corner and then use it enter Germany, did I just "crack" Germany's security and can I get my picture on Slashdot?

Give it a try. I think that's how David Hasselhoff got his big break.

Fake ID cards

[Zog The Undeniable]

If this was the type of card you just flash at an underpaid, gum-chewing security guard, the authors of the article didn't have to go to much effort to produce a fake.

As part of physical security testing, my colleagues have successfully gained access to premises using

• a white sachet of tartare sauce
• a square-cut jam sandwich

It's difficult enough getting security guards to turn up for work on the minimum wage, let alone actually *challenge* people.