Andy Greenberg on Nostr: In an infamous incident at the Defcon hacker conference 15 years ago, Boston's ...
In an infamous incident at the Defcon hacker conference 15 years ago, Boston's transit agency sued a group of MIT hackers to stop them from revealing a method for getting free rides.
Today, four teenagers at Defcon picked up where they left off:
https://www.wired.com/story/mtba-charliecard-hack-defcon-2023/ (thread)
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