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[IP] Hacked Speedpass, Hotel mag cards





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From: Robbie Honerkamp <robbie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 21, 2005 7:20:51 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Hacked Speedpass, Hotel mag cards


David Farber wrote:

http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/1016
"... Wallace, IT director at AAA Reading-Berks in Wyomissing, Penn. has been bringing a card reader with him on business trips to see what's on the magnetic strips of his hotel room access cards. To his dismay, a surprising number have contained his name and credit card information - and in unencrypted form."


Snopes has already taken a skewer to this one:

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp

Robbie


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