August 6, 2006
RFID passports, not so secure?
Electronic passports being introduced in the U.S. and other countries have a major vulnerability that could allow criminals to clone embedded secret code and enter countries illegally, an expert warned, repors the AP.
"A demonstration late Friday by German computer security expert Lukas Grunwald showed how personal information stored on the documents could be copied and transferred to another device.
It appeared to contradict assurances by officials in government and private industry that the electronic information stored in passports could not be duplicated.
... A State Department spokeswoman said late Saturday she did not have enough information on the matter to comment.
The presentation was one of dozens delivered at the Defcon conference being held through Sunday in Las Vegas."
Related: Passports to get RFID chip implants
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