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However, what kind of case could MBTA possibly have against some kids who found problems with their infrastructure? The flaws they found allowed them to obtain
by GHFigs 15y ago
However, what kind of case could MBTA possibly have against some kids who found problems with their infrastructure?
The flaws they found allowed them to obtain, according to their talk's description, "free subway rides for life", which would deprive MBTA of an unknown amount of revenue which was rightfully theirs. They wouldn't disclose the vulnerability when MBTA approached them, although they changed the description of the talk to no longer imply they would explain how to get free rides.
You can read the MBTA complaint yourself:
http://www.universalhub.com/images/2008/mbtamit.pdf http://www.universalhub.com/images/2008/mbtamit.pdf
- famousactress 15y agoReally? I thumbed through the complaint (thanks for the link), but I'm still really disturbed by this. It's presumably illegal to help yourself to free subway rides. The law protects the MBTA. How is it a crime to talk about how it could be done? The talk wouldn't deprive the MBTA of any revenue.. the application of information in the talk by third parties committing illegal acts would. It's akin to giving a talk on lock-picking, no?
- valentin 15y agoHere is the presentation: http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N30/subway/Defcon_Presentation.pdf http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N30/subway/Defcon_Presentation.pdf