What is an RFID skimmer?
Radio-Frequency Identifier (RFID) technology has become really popular because of the various advantages it comes with. However, RFID systems such as passports, national identity cards, credit cards etc have become a serious security concern. Two electrical engineering students (Ilan Kirschenbaum and Avishai Wool) from Tel Aviv University wrote a paper titled “How to Build a Low-Cost, Extended-Range RFID Skimmer.” The paper demonstrates just how very simple it has become to ‘skim’ the RFIDs in your office key or car key. An RFID skimmer can therefore be loosely defined as a device that is used to collect mass information from RFID systems.
