Airport Access IDs Hacked In Germany

teqo writes "Hackers belonging to the Chaos Computer Club have allegedly cloned digital security ID cards for some German airports successfully which then allowed them access to all airport areas. According to the Spiegel Online article (transgoogleation here), they used a 200 Euro RFID reader to scan a valid security ID card, and since the scanner was able to pretend to be that card, used it to forge that valid ID. Even the airport authorities say that the involved system from 1992 might be outdated, but I guess it might be deployed elsewhere anyway."

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Re:Theory bites back

[RobertLTux]

well first off
WHOOSH!!!!

okay now that thats done any cypher of the type rotY(N/2) is useless for anything more than proof of intent type things
(Y being the multiplier and N being the number of letters in the alphabet in use) and anybody that suggests one for a SECURITY SYSTEM should be minimum reprimanded and possibly shot for being criminally stupid

and in fact any kind of rotX cypher is only good for spoiler protection or similar use