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REPORT: COMPUTER DESIGN FLAW OPENS AIRPORTS TO TERRORISM
graphic February 8, 1998 Web posted at: 1:25 p.m. EST (1825 GMT)
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The computer security systems that control access to 40 airports worldwide through electronic badges have a design flaw that could make them vulnerable to terrorism, The New York Times reported Sunday.
A California computer security consulting firm, MSB Associates, found the flaw in December in a routine audit of a large California financial services software company, the identity of which was not disclosed, according to the newspaper.
Government buildings, including that of the CIA, and prisons and industries with sensitive military, drug or financial information or material also use the system and are also vulnerable to attack, the Times report said.
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