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Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University maneuvered weapons past the full-body X-ray scanners that were deployed at U.S. airports between 2009 and 2013 – at a cost of more than $1 billion.
“Frankly, we were shocked by what we found,” said J. Alex Halderman, a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan, in a statement. “A clever attacker can smuggle contraband past the machines using surprisingly low-tech techniques.”
SOURCE: Study: TSA Full-Body X-Ray Scanners Miss Guns, Explosives, Kniveshttp://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/08/20/study-tsa-full-body-x-ray-scanners-miss-guns-explosives-knives/
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