<p>High-profile athletes have sparked security concerns by carelessly posting pictures of their official Olympic Village passes on twitter, which experts suggest could prove to be a “golden ticket” to the venues for terrorists.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Several competitors have caused security headaches by tweeting high resolution images of their Locog accreditation, just ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony.<br /><br />Their tweeting of high security passes has raised fears that the barcodes, which do not feature infra-red or microchip technology, could be duplicated by fraudsters, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />Threat management firm IPC even believe the carelessly tweeted photos could be a ‘golden ticket’ into Olympic venues for terrorists.<br /><br />Organised crime gangs and ticket touts could also gain access to venues by duplicating the official Locog lanyards from Twitter, according to experts.<br /><br />US women’s footballer Carli Lloyd was among the first to give organisers a security headache when she tweeted her accreditation for the Olympic Village. The American was so excited by the arrival of her official lanyard that she took a snap of her ID before posting it online with a message that read: “All set, ready to go.”<br /><br />British Olympic and triple world champion rower Zac Purchase uploaded a full size version of his accreditation next to a comment complaining about his ID picture.<br /><br />Visible in the picture was his full barcode and athlete number alongside a breakdown of accessible areas.<br /><br />As more athletes collected their official accreditation this week, Twitter timelines quickly began to fill up with potentially dangerous pictures of games passes.<br /><br />It is thought that any fraudster sophisticated enough to copy a photo of the pass could gain access to the Olympic Village, dining areas, the Olympic Park or even the field of play.<br /></p>
<p>High-profile athletes have sparked security concerns by carelessly posting pictures of their official Olympic Village passes on twitter, which experts suggest could prove to be a “golden ticket” to the venues for terrorists.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Several competitors have caused security headaches by tweeting high resolution images of their Locog accreditation, just ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony.<br /><br />Their tweeting of high security passes has raised fears that the barcodes, which do not feature infra-red or microchip technology, could be duplicated by fraudsters, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />Threat management firm IPC even believe the carelessly tweeted photos could be a ‘golden ticket’ into Olympic venues for terrorists.<br /><br />Organised crime gangs and ticket touts could also gain access to venues by duplicating the official Locog lanyards from Twitter, according to experts.<br /><br />US women’s footballer Carli Lloyd was among the first to give organisers a security headache when she tweeted her accreditation for the Olympic Village. The American was so excited by the arrival of her official lanyard that she took a snap of her ID before posting it online with a message that read: “All set, ready to go.”<br /><br />British Olympic and triple world champion rower Zac Purchase uploaded a full size version of his accreditation next to a comment complaining about his ID picture.<br /><br />Visible in the picture was his full barcode and athlete number alongside a breakdown of accessible areas.<br /><br />As more athletes collected their official accreditation this week, Twitter timelines quickly began to fill up with potentially dangerous pictures of games passes.<br /><br />It is thought that any fraudster sophisticated enough to copy a photo of the pass could gain access to the Olympic Village, dining areas, the Olympic Park or even the field of play.<br /></p>