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In the name of urban anarchy and intellectual stimulation, a team of three hackers has figured out how to break the security systems of a variety of parking meters.
[ continue ]The Register
Speaking at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, hackers Jacob Appelbaum, Joe Grand and Chris Tarnovsky said they were able to compromise the system by monitoring the communications that occur between the electronic meters and the smart cards. They were then able to carry out what’s known as a replay attack, in which the communications were repeated on their own blank smart cards.
[ continue ]SC Magazine
A team of hackers disclosed Thursday at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas that they have discovered a way to create a custom-made smart card for parking meters so they never run out.
[ continue ]CNET News
A three-man team of programmers and engineers announced on Thursday that it has found a way to park for free by bypassing the security of “smart” parking meters used in cities including San Francisco, which has about 25,000 of them.
[ continue ]Wired.com
Scofflaws could hack the smart cards that access electronic parking meters in large cities around the United States, researchers are finding. The smart cards pay for parking spots, and their programming could be easily changed to obtain unlimited free parking.
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