‘Fakeproof’ e-passport is cloned in minutes

Heaping even more embarrassment on the hapless administration of Gordon Brown comes this news that the U.K. passports that went missing recently are not worthless after all. In fact, as one might expect, the best efforts of bureaucrats to computerize their security measures are no match for those who truly understand computer technologies. So one day perhaps, a nice, fake, fully-functional, microchipped passport may be available to anyone with enough money.

New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned and manipulated in minutes and accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports.

Tests for The Times exposed security flaws in the microchips introduced to protect against terrorism and organised crime. The flaws also undermine claims that 3,000 blank passports stolen last week were worthless because they could not be forged.

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