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Hackers Clone Elvis' Passport

Posted October 02, 2008 9:15 AM

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Hackers have released source code that allows the 'backup' of RFID-protected passports, although the tool can potentially be used to create fake or cloned documents. The Hacker's Choice, a non-commercial group of computer security experts, has released a video showing a cloned passport being approved by a security scanner at a Dutch airport. When the reader scans the passport, it is revealed to belong to one Elvis Aaron Presley, complete with picture. Reports of the hackers serenading security staff with 'Are You Clonesome Tonight' are unconfirmed.

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10/02/2008 10:12 PM

It was only a matter of time before that latest system was hacked.

Remember not to accept the implantable chip in the forehead or right hand though.

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10/03/2008 4:46 PM

Hey, if I do have a chip in my forehead, and somebody hacks it and clones it, that means I'll have a twin, right?

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