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MA Gets Judge to Block Subway Hack Presentation

Three MIT students had big plans to present a vulnerability they found in the State of Massachusetts’ subway card system at the Defcon Black Hat conference in Las Vegas today. Unfortunately for them, the State managed to get a federal judge to block their presentation before they could speak. What do you think about that?

U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock on Saturday ordered the students not to provide "program, information, software code, or command that would assist another in any material way to circumvent or otherwise attack the security of the Fare Media System." Woodlock granted the MBTA's request after a hastily convened hearing in Massachusetts that took place at 8 a.m. PDT on Saturday.