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Hacked Speedpass, Hotel mag cards
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:20:24 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Robbie Honerkamp <robbie () shorty com> Date: September 21, 2005 7:20:51 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Hacked Speedpass, Hotel mag cards David Farber wrote:
http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/1016"... Wallace, IT director at AAA Reading-Berks in Wyomissing, Penn. has been bringing a card reader with him on business trips to see what's on the magnetic strips of his hotel room access cards. To his dismay, a surprising number have contained his name and credit card information - and in unencrypted form."
Snopes has already taken a skewer to this one: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp Robbie ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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