[4955] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
[Mit-talk] MBTA sues three MIT students
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Sat Aug 9 16:03:35 2008
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 16:03:21 -0400 (EDT)
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From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@mit.edu>
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>From http://www-tech.mit.edu/:
Breaking News:
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has sued three MIT
students \u2014 Zackary M. Anderson '09, Russel J. Ryan '09, and
Alessandro Chiesa '09 \u2014 and MIT to prevent the disclosure of
security weaknesses in subway ticketing systems. The students, who
were working under EECS Professor Ronald L. Rivest, were planning to
give a talk titled "The Anatomy of a Subway Hack: Breaking Crypto
RFID's and Magstripes of Ticketing Systems" at the DEFCON security
conference Sunday. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock issued a
temporary restraining order earlier today enjoining MIT students from
"assist[ing] in any material way to circumvent or otherwise attack the
security of the Fare Media System."
A copy of the presentation, which was distributed at DEFCON, is available
here:
Defcon Presentation (PDF)
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N30/subway/Defcon_Presentation.pdf
(Last Updated: 8/9/08 3:57 pm)
--jhawk
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