How smart are Smart Cards?
Two University of Cambridge computer security researchers plan to describe on Monday an ingenious and inexpensive attack that employs a $30 camera flashgun and a microscope to extract secret information contained in widely used smart cards. The newly discovered vulnerability is reason for alarm, the researchers said, because it could make it cost-effective for a criminal to steal information from the cards. Smart cards are used for dozens of different applications, including electronic identity protection, credit and debit cards and cellular phone payment and identity systems. They are being touted by Representative Moran and Davis of Virginia for use in their national identification system. Vulnerability Is Discovered in Security for Smart Cards New York Times, May 13, 2002
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