| Credit Card Magnetic Strips Hacked! |
 | Every credit card has personally identifiable information inserted into the magnetic strip on the back, but hacking it so far proved a task too difficult for most malevolent figures to even attempt. RFID security guru Adam Laurie has come up with a test program named CHaP.py, specifically designed to read the chip and PIN credit cards that comply with the EMV standard.
The EMV is a standard for interoperation of IC cards (&quo ... [read more >>] |
| 21 February 2008, 09:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |