New German Government ID Hacked By CCC 86
wiedzmin writes "Public broadcaster ARD's show 'Plusminus' teamed up with the known hacker organization 'Chaos Computer Club' (CCC) to find out how secure the controversial new radio-frequency (RFID) chips were. The report shows how they used the basic new home scanners that will go along with the cards (for use with home computers to process the personal data for official government business) to demonstrate that scammers would have few problems extracting personal information. This includes two fingerprint scans and a new six-digit PIN meant to be used as a digital signature for official government business and beyond." That was quick. Earlier this year, CCC hackers demonstrated vulnerabilities in German airport IDs, too.
Alle Ihre Passe sind gehoren uns (Score:3, Funny)
Alle Ihre Pässe sind gehören uns
Yes, that is what you think it is: A corrupt translation of a corrupt translation.
Re:OpenPGP (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, it's been amply demonstrated that nothing left under the control of the average user can be counted on to stay secure.
It's because the "average user" has a girlfriend who can't keep a damn secret.
Luckily - we don't have that problem.
Re:OpenPGP (Score:2, Funny)