[Gllug] Oyster cards vulnerable?

Chris Bell chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Thu Jan 24 08:28:26 UTC 2008


On Thu 24 Jan, Peter Childs wrote:
> On 23/01/2008, Ryan Cartwright <ryan at crimperman.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I know you were (half?) joking  but assuming they do read your Oyster -
> > what good would it do them?
> > If they can put the cash on another card then they could do that without
> > reading yours. If they can only read your card then it does them little
> > good doesn't it?
> >
> > This reminded me of the "scam" on BBC's "Real hustle".
> >
> 
> They can always clone your card and travel off your money.... Cloning an
> Annual is worth a lot of money.....
> 
   Ken also intends to make the Oyster another paycard, replacing bank
cards.


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