E-Passports Can Be Cloned in Minutes, Claims Researcher

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by dw426, Aug 7, 2008.

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    "Newly issued e-passports were cloned and passed off as genuine in a test conducted by Dutch researcher Jeroen van Beek, of the University of Amsterdam, for the UK-based Times Online. Two British passports (which contained RFID chips) were manipulated by van Beek and passport reader software used by the Unite Nations deemed them genuine."

    http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent...n_be_cloned_in_minutes_claims_researcher.html

    Well, that didn't take long.
     
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