Originally Posted By: Arney
Does anyone have a link to any stories about a confirmed case of identity theft using RFID? Or some known identity thief arrested with RFID equipment? I'm still not convinced that RFID is an issue for most people, even with a wallet full of RFID-enabled cards.


RFID credit cards are common in Europe but not so much in the USA from what I read. RFID is not supposed to contain the CVV code or even necessarily the customer's name, which should make it harder to use them for fraudulent transactions.

I was unable to find any verified RFID-skimming attacks in the wild against credit cards. There have been RFID-skimming attacks against proximity cards for entry into office buildings.

RFID as a technology is not, in my professional opinion, appropriate for sensitive data.