The ChipCard And Emulators
In the country I live there has been introduced
a new way to pay.... It is mainly done by a chip wich is attached on the
bank-pass. Before introduction of this way of paying your small groceries,
there was a small but consistent group of people that investigated the
security of such a way to pay... They were also gathered in the dutch news-group
HACKTIC.HACK... As the name reveales, they where doing that on the edge
of technoligy, and came to the conclusion that the way the chip was secured
wasn't adequate for massive use.... "They", the people and
the ladies and gentlemen concerning the project didn't listen... More that
six months after the introduction on the new ChipCard, a little phile of
approx. 80k. crossed my way, and proved that the people of HACKTIC.HACK
weren't just crazy fools, but the warning wasn' taken too serious, and
the file prove that the ChipCard was cracked ! The dear ladies and gentleman
who developed the ChipCard will have to do their [expensive] lessons over,
and over again....
P.S. I suggest not to actually use the program to upgrade/load
your ChipCard, if you do, I am not responsible for the problems you might
come across....