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<b>Online Exclusive:</b> New Study Questions Security of Credit Card RFID

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
October 25, 2006

A new study of RFID technology now used on more than 20 million bank cards and credit cards in the U.S. has drawn significant attention for the finding that the cards potentially are highly vulnerable to readily available scanning technologies that can lead to theft. The report by the RFID Consortium for Security and Privacy ('RFID-CUSP') finds that basic encryption technologies can significantly reduce the threat of ID theft, but that many cards in commercial circulation today lack encryption or other security devices.

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