Cambridge University student's thesis censored because it documents a well-known flaw in the chip-and-pin system.
Banks attempt to censor student thesis - Gotta chip-and-pin on their shoulder | TechEye: "UK banking trade association has attempted to have a Cambridge University student's thesis censored because it documents a well-known flaw in the chip-and-pin system.
Melanie Johnson of the UK Cards Association wrote to the University complaining that Omar Choudary's thesis, titled The Smart Card Detective:a hand-held EMV interceptor, gave away information about the 'No-Pin' vulnerability.
This is despite the fact that the flaw was discovered last year by other Cambridge scientists and published last February - and has in any case recently been fixed.
Johnson said that the association was worried that the department's work could undermine public confidence in the chip-and-pin system - which couldn't be allowed to pass, obviously.
And she was bothered by the way Choudary tested the vulnerability by making a transaction in a local shop: 'Concern was expressed to us by the police that the student was allowed to falsify a transaction in a shop in Cambridge without first warning the merchant,' she wrote"
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Melanie Johnson of the UK Cards Association wrote to the University complaining that Omar Choudary's thesis, titled The Smart Card Detective:a hand-held EMV interceptor, gave away information about the 'No-Pin' vulnerability.
This is despite the fact that the flaw was discovered last year by other Cambridge scientists and published last February - and has in any case recently been fixed.
Johnson said that the association was worried that the department's work could undermine public confidence in the chip-and-pin system - which couldn't be allowed to pass, obviously.
And she was bothered by the way Choudary tested the vulnerability by making a transaction in a local shop: 'Concern was expressed to us by the police that the student was allowed to falsify a transaction in a shop in Cambridge without first warning the merchant,' she wrote"
DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.
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