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Airport security cracked by flaw [CNN]
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> X-within-URL: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9802/08/security.reut/index.html
> REPORT: COMPUTER DESIGN FLAW OPENS AIRPORTS TO TERRORISM
>
> graphic February 8, 1998
> Web posted at: 1:25 p.m. EST (1825 GMT)
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The computer security systems that control
> access to 40 airports worldwide through electronic badges have a
> design flaw that could make them vulnerable to terrorism, The New
> York Times reported Sunday.
>
> A California computer security consulting firm, MSB Associates,
> found the flaw in December in a routine audit of a large California
> financial services software company, the identity of which was not
> disclosed, according to the newspaper.
>
> Government buildings, including that of the CIA, and prisons and
> industries with sensitive military, drug or financial information or
> material also use the system and are also vulnerable to attack, the
> Times report said.
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