Researcher gives Elvis and bin Laden fake e-passportsBy John LetticeThe ‘fraud-proof’ e-passport can be copied and altered, a Dutch security researcher has demonstrated. In tests conducted for the Times, Jeroen van Beek of the University of Amsterdam changed the chip data in a normal UK e-passport to contain a picture of Osama bin Laden. The paper also reports that van Beek has contrived to have a passport in the name of Elvis Presley accepted by a public e-reader in a Dutch town hall.Van Beek’s work builds on earlier demonstrations which showed how a passport chip could be cloned, and subsequently how this could be done without even taking it out…

Noile pasapoarte cu microcipuri, concepute special de autoritatile britanice impotriva furtului de identitate, pot fi clonate in cateva minute. Au demonstrat-o testele comandate de publicatia britanica “The Times”, in cadrul carora un specialist a clonat cipurile de pe doua pasapoarte britanice si a implantat imagini digitale ale lui Osama ben Laden si ale unui atacator sinucigas. Surprinzator, cipurile au fost considerate autentice de un program de citire a pasapoartelor utilizat de agentia ONU. Si asta, in ciuda asigurarilor Ministerului britanic de Interne ca cipurile falsificate vor fi depistate la frontiera deoarece nu se potrivesc cu codurile dintr-o baza internationala de date. Insa, din cele 45 de tari care elibereaza astfel…