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RFIDIOt released RFID E-passport skimming PoC

October 27th, 2006 by Juha-Matti, Filed under: Commentary, Full Disclosure, Physical Security

Mr. Adam Laurie, UK has recently posted the demonstration code (Python) which

…will exchange crypto keys with the passport and read and
display the contents therein, including the facial image and the
personal data printed in the passport. Currently the data read is
limited to the following objects:

…..

Project site www.rfidiot.org (it stands for “RFID IO tools“) has other RFID passport related material as well.

This week with reported vulnerabilities in First-Generation RFID enabled credit cards is not good news to RFID technology! These NBC Today video and YouTube demonstration video show the skimming attack etc.

I’m not saying “Enjoy!”, I’m saying “Be careful!”