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Playing tetris on an EMV terminal

Thursday, January 11, 2007 in News

File under Internet buzz … techno sites are ranting over the University of Cambridge Computer Lab ‘experiment’ that converted a chip and pin (EMV) terminal into a tetris (video game) player. As is always the case in these types of situations, controversy surrounds the reality and the impacts of such a hack. Does it suggest critical security weaknesses or is it simply a really bad video game?

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