Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides

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Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Teens Hacked Boston Subway Cards to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time, Nobody Got Sued

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In 2008, Boston’s transit authority sued to stop MIT hackers from presenting at the Defcon hacker conference on how to get free subway rides. Today, four teens picked up where they left off.

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