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Credit card processors finally get clue, will ban WEP

arstechnica.com — Credit card processors have finally realized what security experts have known since 2001: WEP is next to worthless as a wireless security protocol, and they're finally going its use in credit card processing systems—but not until mid-2010. The use of WEP was a major factor in the largest consumer data theft ever.

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  • zakazmi, on 10/03/2008, -1/+5about time...
    maybe by next year the UK banks will start supporting browsers other than IE. yup they live in stone ages and then complain. On the other hand plugging in USB membery sticks to a bank OC can get you in trouble, even if you are a bank employee and even if the memory stick is being used to for no malicious purposes.
  • Slitchy, on 10/03/2008, -0/+4Wow About time is right!
  • steelmaverick, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1And what about consumers connecting to their websites with WEP? Are they secure?
  • netant, on 10/04/2008, -0/+1Ahhhh, only two more years left to make my fortune in identity theft.
    Then again, I wonder how long will it take before these vendors realize WPA is still vulnerable to dictionary attacks...
  • jamesbb, on 10/04/2008, -0/+0Took em long enough

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