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With Lawsuit Settled, Hackers Working With MBTA 90

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 22, 2008 @06:41PM from the how-it-should-be dept.

narramissic writes "The three MIT students who were sued earlier this year by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority for planning to show at Defcon how they had had reverse engineered the magnetic stripe tickets and smartcards said Monday that they are now working to make the Boston transit system more secure. 'I'm really glad to have it behind me. I think this is really what should have happened from the start,' said Zack Anderson, one of the students sued by the MBTA."

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Re:should have happened from the start (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 22, 2008 @07:17PM (#26206377)

Knowledge must be free or freedom is compromised.
I wouldn't want to compromise your freedom... so what is your credit card number?

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