Those of us over in the UK are all used to using the chip & pin system, we were all told by the banks tha this new system would virtually wipe out credit card fraud. Now three researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK have cracked the Chip & Pin system in alarmingly easy fashion.
Check out this video from BBC’s Newsnight detailing Sarr Drimer, Stephen Rimmer and Ross Andersons physical attack on the Chip And Pin system. As you can see, for some unknown reasons, the manufacturers thought it would be a good idea to transfer the data from the PED (Pin Entry Device) to the terminal unencrypted. Allowing an attatcker to obtain the complete card details.
For part two of this video then follow this link - And for a much more detailed explanation of the attack then check out their site at http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/banking/ped/
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