MIT, QuinnipiacNews

Hackers Laugh in MBTA's Face

Posted by Jessica Almanza 08/20/2008 11:19 AM
Tags: MBTA fare systems, charliecard, MBTA hackers, MBTA, MIT, MIT hackers
Hackers Laugh in MBTA's Face

Three MIT students hacked into the MBTA fare system and now they can finally brag about it.

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Latest comment by Anonymous: That is /not/ purpose what the MIT students were doing, to get free rides. For a systems security project they were researching the CharlieCard system which is used by the MBTA and realized there is a fatal flaw ... MORE »

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MIT, NortheasternNews

MIT Students Forced To Tell All

Posted by The Candle 08/15/2008 09:00 AM
Tags: charliecard, MIT, mbta, mit hackers, boston subway
MIT Students Forced To Tell All

A federal judge has ordered the three MIT students who hacked into the MBTA Charliecard system to reveal their secrets in court, curbing their dreams of becoming nerd superstars at an upcoming hacker convention. 

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Latest comment by Anonymous: "hacking into the MBTA" is simply discovering a fatal flaw in the charliecard encryption system, which was very poorly designed.

Interestingly enough, they weren't going to divulge this information at DEF... MORE »

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