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Oyster e-money shelved amid cost wrangling
News Plans to turn the Oyster fare smartcard into an electronic wallet have suffered a major setback. Transport for London (TfL) last year shortlisted seven potential suppliers to transform Oyster from a ticketing system into a means of paying for goods...
[May 10, 2006, 10:40]
'Oyster phone' trial goes live
News On Wednesday a consortium of companies and organisations — including O2, Nokia, Visa and Transport for London — announced a six-month trial of mobile phones with built-in Oyster card functionality. The Oyster card, introduced to the public in 2003...
[November 28, 2007, 14:28]
Oyster contract in limbo after EDS legal move
News Cubic, a member of the Transys consortium that runs London's Oyster smartcard public transport system, has been legally restrained by EDS, the other major member of the consortium, from taking over the running of the entire Oyster system.
[August 13, 2008, 15:42]
Oyster card suffers second rush-hour failure
News London's Oyster travel smartcard system has failed for the second time in a fortnight, with many commuters enjoying a free trip to work during rush hour on Friday morning. Oyster cards have not been disabled as a result of the problem.
[July 25, 2008, 11:18]
Oyster cracked in public, researcher claims
News A researcher has claimed to have created exploit code to crack the cryptography on a chip used in travel smartcards, including in London's Oyster card. The exploit code can supposedly be used to undermine the cryptography on smartcards which use...
[October 27, 2008, 16:15]
TfL terminates Oyster contract
News Transport for London has terminated its contract with the Transys consortium that provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams. However, TfL has confirmed that the consortium owns the Oyster brand, leaving...
[August 8, 2008, 16:53]
Stallman comments on the Oyster
Blog After our coverage of London's Oyster card, which uses Linux for its online payment system, we had a response from Richard Stallman, head of the Free Software Foundation. The original article was Linux Opens London's Oyster, and we report...
[June 9, 2008, 22:03]
TfL Oyster deal break reason smells odd
Blog There was something that wasn't quite right about the reasoning TfL gave me for breaking its Oyster contract with Transys. Apparently, TfL didn't like not having immediate control over the system, and may be planning to insource Oyster.
[August 8, 2008, 17:48]
TfL salvages Oyster brand in deal with EDS, Cubic
News Transport for London has signed a new deal for the running of its Oyster smartcard scheme, gaining control of the Oyster brand in the process. Cubic and EDS are also members of the Transys consortium, which is currently managing and developing the...
[November 19, 2008, 15:25]
NXP sues university over 'Oyster crack'
News Chip company NXP Semiconductors is to sue Radboud University in an attempt to halt the publication of a paper detailing the cryptographic cracking of the Oyster smartcard, used widely on the London transport network.
[July 8, 2008, 17:17]
Dutch researchers crack London's Oyster card
Blog Comment Good thing there aren't crooks, they could've just sold their discovery to counterfieters who'd then make fake oyster cards!
[June 18, 2008, 21:47]
TfL explores options for Oyster replacement
News Transport for London may replace its Oyster card with with new ticketing systems operated through mobile phones or bank cards. Will Judge, head of future ticketing at Transport for London (TfL), told the London Assembly's Budget and Performance...
[October 23, 2008, 9:28]
Mystery surrounds wiped Oyster cards
News An investigation has been launched into how 60,000 Oyster smartcards were made inoperable over the weekend. TfL said in a statement that approximately 60,000 Oyster card users required replacement cards after the incident on Saturday morning while...
[July 14, 2008, 15:58]
TfL reponds to Oyster crack claims
Blog Transport for London has been quick to hit back at claims, made by Dutch security researchers, that the Oyster card is crackable and clonable. Londoners can have total confidence in the security of their Oyster cards.
[June 19, 2008, 9:58]
Dutch researchers crack London's Oyster card
Blog Now, this card uses the same technology - NXP's Mifare - as Transport for London's Oyster card. When security experts said the Dutch crack meant the Oyster system should be upgraded or replaced, TfL told us there were enough additional layers of...
[June 18, 2008, 17:03]
Court rules university can publish Oyster crack
News A university can publish details of research detailing the cryptographic cracking of the Oyster travel smartcard, a Dutch court has ruled. Chip company NXP Semiconductors, which manufacturers the Mifare Classic chips used in the Oyster card, had...
[July 18, 2008, 17:00]
Stallman attacks Oyster's 'unethical' use of Linux
News Free-software advocate Richard Stallman has spoken out against the association of open-source software with London's "unethical" Oyster-card system. In an email sent to ZDNet.co.uk on Monday, Stallman criticised the use of open-source software...
[June 9, 2008, 13:13]
Fears for Oyster security as researchers claim crack
News Questions have been raised about the security of chips in Oyster cards after Dutch researchers claimed to have successfully cracked and cloned cards, and travelled on London Underground for free. According to Dutch publication Webwereld...
[June 23, 2008, 13:35]
O2 hails success of Oyster-phone trial
News Maslen added that, at the end of the trial, some of the testers were "begging to keep the phones", particularly the Oyster travel feature. While almost half (225) of the 500 testers also got the Barclaycard Visa payWave application preloaded with...
[September 3, 2008, 11:39]
Dutch researchers release Oyster-hack details
News Details of vulnerabilities in the chipset used in London's Oyster travel smartcard have been released by Dutch researchers. Bart Jacobs, the professor of computer security at Radboud University who led the research team, told ZDNet.co.uk on Tuesday...
[October 7, 2008, 15:02]
