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Topic

Relay attacks

Attacks that intercept and forward, and sometimes modify, wireless communication between two devices so that they appear to be talking directly.

Current clusters

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Zombie cards: expired plastic still pays because nobody owns the expiry check

UMass Amherst researchers bought groceries with an expired contactless card. The date that is supposed to kill it is unsigned, zeroed out before the issuer sees it, and checked by nobody in particular.

Perspective Coverage

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Builder
Builder 42%
Operator
Operator 51%
Investor
Investor 7%

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+25
Incentives30
Confidence70