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    Details of vulnerabilities in the chipset used in London's Oyster travel smartcard have been released by Dutch researchers, who have said the smartcard's security was "fundamentally broken".

  • London Oyster contract in limbo

    Cubic, a member of the Transys consortium that runs London's Oyster smartcard public transport system, has been legally restrained by its partner EDS.

  • London's Oyster card easy to hack?

    A Dutch researcher rode free on the London transit system, having hacked the public transit's card system; he used a clone of a paying passenger's transit cards. His point? The transit smartcards, which are used by millions worldwide, are vulnerable to attack.

  • London ends Oyster card contract

    Transport for London has terminated its contract with the Transys consortium that provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams.

  • Oyster outage hits London travellers

    Travellers in London were forced to pay full price fares on Saturday as the computer system for the Oyster travel smartcard encountered technical problems during the morning.

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