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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 152 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: federal judge halts defcon talk subway card hacking comments Discuss  
Barn door closed a little too lateDefcon A federal judge on Saturday barred three Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduates from publicly presenting research at Defcon demonstrating gaping holes in the electronic payment systems of one of the nation's biggest transit agencies.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 150 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: eff appeal court order halting subway hacker talk defcon comments Discuss  
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) plans to appeal a U.S. District Court order imposing a temporary injunction on a Defcon presentation that would have detailed flaws in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) electronic ticketing system. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 148 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn mit subway hack paper published web comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:25:00 -0500 (CDT)http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2327898,00.aspBy Chloe AlbanesiusPCMag.com08.12.08Massachusetts transit officials were skeptical that three MIT students were providing them with their complete presentation prior to Defcon, but an analysis by a security consultant said that the conference presentation alone was not enough to help someone hack the Boston subway system and get free rides for life, according to court do read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 147 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: judge refuses lift order squelching students subway card hack comments Discuss  
Can't get no reliefA federal judge has refused to strike down an order gagging three Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduates from discussing gaping security holes in electronic payment systems used by Boston's transit agency.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 142 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: gag order lifted students hacked subway card comments Discuss  
MIT students free to discuss gaping holesThree Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduates are once again free to publicly discuss gaping security holes in the Boston subway system after a federal judge refused to renew a gag order requested by transportation officials.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 142 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: judge backs hackers boston subway dispute comments Discuss  
Three students from MIT who found a way to hack into Boston's transit system to get free rides can talk publicly about the security flaw, a judge rules Aug. 19. The MIT students raised the ire of the MBTA with a paper demonstrating how someone could work around flaws in Boston's Charlie Card automated fare system. The MIT students had planned to present the paper, which showed how anyone could take thousands of free rides on subways and buses, at the Defcon hackers conference in Las Vegas earlier in August read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 141 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn federal judge throws gag order boston students subway case comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:38:03 -0500 (CDT)http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/federal-judge-t.htmlBy Kim Zetter Threat LevelWired.comAugust 19, 2008A federal judge in Boston this morning let expire a temporary gag order against three MIT students who were prevented from presenting a talk on security vulnerabilities in the Boston subway's fare tickets and cards.U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole, Jr., vacated the temporary 10-day restraining order that an read more »
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