Technology researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found that radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies used for automobile locks and easy-pay gasoline systems are sorely lacking in protection, warning that opportunists could easily exploit the weakness for ill deeds. The researchers, led by Avi Rubin, technical director of the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute, cited poor encryption and inadequate protection from wireless hacking.
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Researchers Chip Away at RFID Security
Posted by: Jay Lyman January 31, 2005 01:38 PMTechnology researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found that radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies used for automobile locks and easy-pay gasoline systems are sorely lacking in protection, warning that opportunists could easily exploit the weakness for ill deeds. The researchers, led by Avi Rubin, technical director of the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute, cited poor encryption and inadequate protection from wireless hacking.