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Judge dissolves gag order against MIT students

A U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday dissolved a gag order against a trio of MIT students who said they found flaws in the Massachusetts transit authority's ticketing system.

| News | Government | Legal | Security | 08/19/08 at 2:06 pm |


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Judge refuses to lift gag order in subway-hack case

A federal judge in Boston Thursday refused to lift a temporary restraining order preventing three MIT students from publicly discussing details of several security vulnerabilities that they found in the electronic ticketing system used by the city's mass transit authority.

| News | Legal | Security | 08/15/08 at 8:59 am |


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Flying to Defcon with no ID

Before Sherri Davidoff flew out to Defcon this year, she made sure to cover up the "Global Hacking Permit 230291" sticker on her laptop with a photo of two adorable puppies. She figured it might help things go a little more smoothly as she ventured to fly out to this week's hacker convention in Las Vegas without using any ID.

| News | Government | Security | 08/11/08 at 8:20 am |


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Wall of Sheep: Coming to your company?

The Wall of Sheep has become a fixture of the Defcon hacker conference: a wall with a long list of details showing who at the conference has sent readable data using insecure wireless connections.

| News | Security | 08/10/08 at 7:17 pm |


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Court halts subway hacker talk

A U.S. District Court judge ordered the cancellation of a Defcon conference talk scheduled for Sunday that would have detailed flaws in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority electronic ticketing system.

| News | Government | Legal | Security | 08/10/08 at 7:09 pm |


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