How to hack RFID-enabled Credit Cards for $8 (bbtv)

| March 15, 2010 | 25 Comments



A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with embedded rfids (radio frequency ID tags), with promises of enhanced security and speedy transactions. But on today’s episode of Boing Boing tv, hacker and inventor Pablos Holman shows Xeni how you can use about $8 worth of gear bought on ebay to read personal data from those credit cards — cardholder name, credit card number, and whatever else your bank embeds in this manner. Fears over data leaks from RFID-enabled cards aren’t new, and some argue they’re overblown — but this demo shows just how cheap and easy the “sniffing” can be. This episode is part of our ongoing series of interviews with some of the thinkers, hackers, and tinkerers at the O’Reilly Emerging Technology conference this year. For more episodes of Boing Boing tv, visit tv.boingboing.net.

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Comments

  1. LaserBurn101 says:

    ha ha!

  2. mrlostinechoes says:

    /watch?v=Bf7myDoMQOc is a hack video that actually worked for me!

  3. TheGreenRaindrop says:

    Congratulations you might be more intelligent than an average citizen. Wink wink ;)

  4. irishbrodie says:

    whistle blower

  5. gotrottin says:

    You repeated the same information at least 7 times, making your presentation boring and a waste of time to watch. You could have shown the same information in under a minute. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………

  6. cristip23 says:

    where i can find this device? who can help me?

  7. lonewolf8675 says:

    n 1876, a young girl named Jenn was walking down a river, an insane man killed her by stabbing her in the back, raping her, and then hanging her in his closet. While he hanged her he said Bukakke Bukkake.
    Now that you have read this message, she will find you and her dead body will haunt your house for 5 years. Every night you go to sleep she will appear in your closet, hanging their with her glowing red eyes.
    repost 3 times to be saved

  8. JOAPY says:

    @GetFreeOrDieTryin90 2nd ammendment my friend. At least someones in this with me. fuck em up or die.

  9. OliverChevallier says:

    lol :D

  10. iMSoHigh420ritenow says:

    N.W.O here i come……………. ;)

  11. GetFreeOrDieTryin90 says:

    used for a one world government..gonna be enslaved…you’re now a computer/robot once you have one in you..run bitches..2nd ammendment.

  12. limwangtech8828 says:

    In 1876, a young girl named Jenn was walking down a river, an insane man killed her by stabbing her in the back, raping her, and then hanging her in his closet. While he hanged her he said Bukakke Bukkake.
    Now that you have read this message, she will find you and her dead body will haunt your house for 5 years. Every night you go to sleep she will appear in your closet, hanging their with her glowing red eyes.
    repost 3 times to be saved

  13. thenewbug says:

    rfid spectrum analyzer

  14. ADAtl11 says:

    illuminati

  15. werehyenataur says:

    what is this device called specifically?

  16. chavmusher says:

    lol thanks for the tip hahaha

  17. tube3tube2tube1 says:

    hell yeah. can’t wait to get one of those

  18. blink182chase13 says:

    tape it on the back of a bakpack and walk around in the train station :D

  19. Bananas21ca says:

    He really wanted to get near her ass!

  20. 818doodooroo says:

    @metalclaw149473 agree

  21. ryanshaw84x says:

    this is why i use american express, I will use my amex at any website and I dont have to worry about anyone stealing my shit because if they do its a few clicks on my computer saying, no this is not a charge I made and poof I dont loose any money.. even though im sure they charge the hell out of the stores i shop at.

  22. tzeqin says:

    duh

  23. rygy1998 says:

    PLEASE DONT READ THIS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT something bad will happen. NOW UV STARTED READIN DIS DUNT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY. SEND THIS TO 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR CRUSHES NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS THIS ACTUALLY WORKS

  24. Cyceron says:

    Good. Maybe now ppl will flesh their minds what shit RFID is.

  25. holsisyolswa says:

    someone who isnt affraid to spit it. thanks .

    bankers think consumers are stupid. we are.
    but some arn’t as stupid as we think

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