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Hackers claim RFID smart-card hack, but vendor disagrees

A semiconductor company on Tuesday disputed claims by a hacker that he can access the firm's radio-frequency identification ( RFID ) chips to jeopardize the security of billions of credit card users.

A spokesman for NXP Semiconductors, a Netherlands-based company that also operates in the United States, told SCMagazineUS.com on Tuesday that the chip the hacker said he had broken into is not used...

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Homeland Security committee has doubts about RFID

The use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for tracking humans took a hit in a recent study released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Emerging Applications and Integrity Advisory Committee.

The research stated that RFID is helpful in inventory management or when it is embedded within a container or other object in transit. The technology is also useful quickly identifying trapped miners or firefighters in dangerous situations.

Yet, the committee ultimately recommended that DHS look at RFID use...

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