How to hack RFID-enabled Credit Cards for $8
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A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with
embedded RFIDs (radio frequency ID tags), with promises of enhanced
security and speedy transactions.
But on today's episode of
Boing Boing tv, hacker and inventor Pablos Holman shows Xeni how you
can use about $8 worth of gear bought on eBay to read personal data
from those credit cards -- cardholder name, credit card number, and
whatever else your bank embeds in this manner.
Fears over data
leaks from RFID-enabled cards aren't new, and some argue they're
overblown -- but this demo shows just how cheap and easy the "sniffing"
can be.
This episode is part of our ongoing series of interviews
with some of the thinkers, hackers, and tinkerers at the O'Reilly
Emerging Technology conference this year.
For more episodes of Boing Boing tv, visit tv.boingboing.net.
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