"Major US retail chain Best Buy has been forced to close down its wireless cash registers after security experts revealed it had been making credit card information available to anyone in the vicinity with the equipment to detect wireless networks. And global supermarket giant WalMart and US pet store PetSmart are under pressure to investigate claims their systems have exactly the same flaws. According to US reports, Best Buy closed down its wireless cash registers last night to investigate the issue.
Best Buy's action follows a day of heated discussion on security newsgroups after an anonymous person said he had accidentally picked up credit card numbers while testing his newly purchased WLAN (wireless local area network) equipment in the retail shop's car park. Other newsgroup subscribers confirmed they had also noticed the same problem."
Wow, I've thought about something like this happening, but which idiot decided to make all the registers wireless? Is it that difficult to draw a cable to the register? Any thoughts or experience regarding this?
Best Buy's action follows a day of heated discussion on security newsgroups after an anonymous person said he had accidentally picked up credit card numbers while testing his newly purchased WLAN (wireless local area network) equipment in the retail shop's car park. Other newsgroup subscribers confirmed they had also noticed the same problem."
Wow, I've thought about something like this happening, but which idiot decided to make all the registers wireless? Is it that difficult to draw a cable to the register? Any thoughts or experience regarding this?
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