Airport Access IDs Hacked In Germany

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 14, 2010 @09:50PM from the wilkommen-sie-herr-aktentasche dept.

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 Even the airport authorities say that the involved system from 1992 might be outdated, but I guess it might be deployed elsewhere anyway."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:Terrorrism by timmarhy · 2010-01-15 01:02 · Score: 0, Troll

security understanding fail.
your saying we should only have one line of defence? 1944 called hilter wants you to run his army!!

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