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- The three students: Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan and Alessandro ChiesaHack A Day: MIT Boston transit presentation gagged(August 9, 2008)
- Temporary restraining order stopped the men discussing the way to hack system's security
- A group of top computer scientists came out in support of the three men
- The group claims injunctions of this kind might negatively impact computer security researchABC News: Leading Computer Scientists Defend Student Hackers(August 14, 2008)
- The three men wrote a paper for an MIT class and planned to speak at Defcon, a Las Vegas hackers conferenceBoston Globe: Court tells students to disclose hacker secrets in T case(August 15, 2008)
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August 2008: Three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students discovered a way to hack into the Boston subway computer system. They discovered numerous security "holes" in the system and found a way to add dollars to the system's two primary payment cards — CharlieCard and CharlieTicket.Boston Globe: Court tells students to disclose hacker secrets in T case(August 15, 2008)
A judge issued a gag order to prevent details of the hack getting wider publicity.AP: Judge keeps gag order in subway hacking case(August 14, 2008)
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Subway Card Hacking Case Questions
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To the shock of passengers, photographer Zach Hyman photographed nude 'volunteers' on the subway. What would your reaction be if you... 9 AnswersI would be fine with it. I have both taken pictures before and been nude before. I think that things done in the name of art (as this was, Zack Hyman is famous ... read more -
Does Subway, in America, Canada, UK, elsewhere, have a "Customer Loyalty Program" - such as the , apparently, discontinued coupon program? 2 AnswersSubway UK did have a Customer Loyalty Program until earlier in the year. The deal was that if you bought a certain number of subs (5?) you got the 6th free... A... read more -
Does anyone know any cool hacks for the Nintendo DSi? 1 Answeryasusoft posted a "Hello World" hack on Nintendo DSi. Unfortunately: - it's in Japanese - he doesn't explain how he did it - hence we can replicate what he di... read more
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