Sunday, January 13, 2008

Bank card attack: Only Martians are safe

Security researchers from Cambridge University have discovered a way to attack chip and PIN cards -- and warn only Martian cardholders are safe from the exploit. Since the introduction of mandatory chip and PIN cards in the UK, banks have increasingly turned down fraud victims claiming compensation on the grounds that such chip-embedded smartcards cannot be cloned.

Read the article HERE.

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