Alien Technology

Alien Technology is a manufacturer of RFID technology. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, having the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton, Ohio area, and sales offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. As of August 2010, Alien employs approximately 235 people. Alien produces (EPC) Class 1 and Class 1 Gen 2 RFID inlays, tags, and readers designed for use in manufacturing lines, warehouses, distribution centers, and retail stores.[1][2]

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Alien Technology
TypePrivate, venture-funded
IndustryElectronics manufacturing
Founded1994
Headquarters
San Jose, California
,
United States
ProductsUHF RFID devices
Number of employees
235 (August 2010)
Websitewww.alientechnology.com

Due to potential applications in a wide variety of mass-produced electronic devices, the company received funding and technical support from a number of other manufacturers, such as DuPont Displays and Philips Components. The company has established relationships with Walmart, the United States Department of Defense, The Gillette Company, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Unisys, VeriSign, Dublin, Manhattan Associates, Microsoft, The Kennedy Group, Nashua Corporation, NCR Corporation, Zebra Technologies, and Paxar.

Products

Products from Alien Technology are as follows;[3]

  • Handheld RFID Reader
  • Fixed RFID Readers
  • RFID Antennas
  • RFID Inlays
  • Accessories

Vulnerabilities

Alien accounts has the same default password for all Alien RFID readers, the devices are prone to a security-bypass vulnerability.[4]

References
  1. "Alien Technology(R) and SOTI Bring Advanced Automation and Orchestration Capabilities to Alien Android RFID Handhelds". Yahoo Finance. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  2. "Alien Technology® Awarded GS1 EPCglobal Test Center Accreditation Certificate". Market Wire. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  3. "ALIEN TECHNOLOGY". rfid4ustore.com. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  4. "Full Disclosure: AlienTechnology ALR-9900 default root password and backdoor".
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