Friday, 9 November, 2001, 00:08 GMT Security hole in cash machines By BBC News Online technology correspondent Mark Ward
A serious weakness has been discovered in the methods used by banks to protect the number that lets you get money from a cash machine. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have found that the computer systems which check that these numbers are valid are easy to defeat. They warn that unscrupulous insiders could exploit these weaknesses to raid customer accounts. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1645000/1645552.stm --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
