Re: Viruses leap to smart radio tags

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 7/18/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:02:39 EDT, Dude VanWinkle said:
> > from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4810576.stm
> >
> > Computer viruses could be about to take a giant leap and start
> > spreading via smart barcodes, warn experts.
> >
> > Security researchers have infected a Radio Frequency ID tag with a
> > computer virus to show how the technology is vulnerable to malicious
> > hackers
>
> This is *so* several months old, if this is the same research already
> reported back on March 16:
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=183700423


Whoops!

Sorry all, that was a brain fart! I am still having my RFID implants
retrofitted tho

-JP<who, from the sound of it, was already hacked>
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