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Article: Dutch researchers crack chip in access cards to government buildings
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 13, 2008
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Dutch researchers crack chip in access cards to government
buildings
BRUSSELS, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Dutch researchers have
successfully hacked the codes in some key cards giving access to
commercial and public buildings in the Netherlands, Dutch paper De
Volkskrant reported Thursday.
Dutch Minister of Home Affairs Guusje ter Horst told parliament
on Wednesday that at least two million such key cards are relatively
easy to copy, according to researchers from the Radboud University
Nijmegen.
The hacked Mifare Classic chip is also used in the Dutch public
transport pass, or OV chip card, which is due to come into operation
throughout the Netherlands in January 2009.
Radboud University ...