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title: "NFCdrip Attack Proves Long-Range Data Exfiltration via NFC"
date: "2018-10-18T06:00:30+00:00"
url: "https://checkmarx.com/in-the-news/nfcdrip-attack-proves-long-range-data-exfiltration-via-nfc/"
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# NFCdrip Attack Proves Long-Range Data Exfiltration via NFC

**Researchers have demonstrated that the near-field communication (NFC) protocol can be used to exfiltrate small amounts of data, such as passwords and encryption keys, over relatively long distances.**