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Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years


Many trains in the U.S. are vulnerable to a hack that can remotely lock a train's brakes, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the researcher who discovered the vulnerability. From a report:The railroad industry has known about the vulnerability for more ...

Many trains in the U.S. are vulnerable to a hack that can remotely lock a train's brakes, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the researcher who discovered the vulnerability. From a report: The railroad industry has known about the vulnerability for more than a decade but only recently began to fix it. Independent researcher Neil Smith first discovered the vulnerability, which can be exploited over radio frequencies, in 2012.

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