Anatomy of a Subway Hack Story aired: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Three MIT students, who discovered a way to counterfeit subway tickets, are now free to discuss their research. In federal court yesterday, a judge lifted a gag order imposed on the students last week after Boston's MBTA sued to block a planned presentation at a hacking conference. The MBTA admitted in court that the magnetic strip on the so-called Charlie Tickets can be cloned. They say it will take five months to fix the problem. Here and Now's Monica Brady-Myerov has more on the case.
