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Hackers Clone Elvis' Passport

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-mess-with-the-king dept.

Barence writes "Hackers have released source code that allows the 'backup' of RFID-protected passports, although the tool can potentially be used to create fake or cloned documents. The Hacker's Choice, a non-commercial group of computer security experts, has released a video showing a cloned passport being approved by a security scanner at a Dutch airport. When the reader scans the passport, it is revealed to belong to one Elvis Aaron Presley, complete with picture. Reports of the hackers serenading security staff with 'Are You Clonesome Tonight' are unconfirmed."

2 of 164 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Be careful... by Patrick+Georgi · · Score: 4, Interesting

    At least in Germany, ID cards are considered to be federal property, so changing data on it could be considered malicious mischief.

  2. Re:Obligatory by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ever since that cracker got me
    I found a new place to dwell.
    It's down at the end of cloned street
    At pwned hotel.

    (chorus)
    You make me so cloned baby,
    I get so cloned,
    I get so cloned I could die (again and again).

    And although its always crowded,
    You still can find some room.
    Where broken hearted users
    Do cry away their gloom.

    (chorus)

    Well, the spammer's mail keeps flowin,
    And the desk clerks dressed in black.
    Well they been so long on cloned street
    They ain't ever gonna look back.

    (chorus)

    Hey now, if a cracker gets you,
    And you got a tale to tell,
    just take a walk down cloned street
    To pwned hotel.

    --
    I am officially gone from /. Long live http://www.soylentnews.com/