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...Crimson Cash service is provided by Blackboard Inc., a Washington, D.C.--based company that has installed similar systems in more than 400 schools and businesses. According to material posted on the Internet by the two student hackers, the weakness of Blackboard systems arises from the reliance on physical rather than electronic security: transaction information travels unencrypted between card-swipe terminals and servers. According to the hackers, the wiring that carries this information is often easily accessible, making it very easy to tap into the system. A hacker can then record and emulate the signals transmitted when a person uses...
Hoffman’s website stated that the “signals to and from several Blackboard readers have been captured, as well as how data is stored on the cards,” according to the complaint...
...website, Hoffman wrote that he would make compatible systems “and give them away” if Blackboard did not make the system more secure, the complaint says...
...Blackboard also filed a cease and desist order this week, calling for Hoffman and Griffith to remove the Blackboard logo from their websites and cease from disclosing any information about the system or the card readers...
Gregory Smith, an attorney representing Blackboard, said that Hoffman and Griffith have complied with the cease and desist order and have agreed to an extension of those restrictions for another 45 days...