Give Me the Green Light Part 1: Hacking Traffic Control Systems

Re:Give Me the Green Light Part 1: Hacking Traffic Control S... by rootusrootus on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @12:21PM (#41047787)

> Out in meatspace, I don't wander around picking random people's locks

Sure, because the chances of getting punched out, shot, or reported to the cops is significantly higher. Given how trivial it is to quietly attack across the network, I think the analogy with meatspace makes little sense.

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Re:Give Me the Green Light Part 1: Hacking Traffic Control S... by olyjohn on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @01:16PM (#41048503)

Also breaking into a single persons house... maybe they don't want to lock their doors. It affects nobody but them.

These systems affect lots of people, it's a public safety issue, and there is a company being paid money by the public to ensure that their systems are safe and secure. They should be tested by everybody and anybody who wants to test them. Especially if they are running on a publicly accessible IP address.

Also if you want to test the locks on someone's house, you don't go to their house. You buy the locks that they are using, and test them quietly in your own location.

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Re:Give Me the Green Light Part 1: Hacking Traffic Control S... by rootusrootus on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @01:41PM (#41048742)

> Also if you want to test the locks on someone's house, you don't go to their house. You buy the locks that they are using, and test them quietly in your own location.

This is a pretty great point, because it's exactly what the guy in the article did to find the vulnerability in the traffic controllers.

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