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

pMany trains in the US are vulnerable to a hack that can remotely lock a trains brakes according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the researcher who discovered the vulnerability The railroad industry has known about the vulnerability for more than a decade but only recently began to fix itppIndependent researcher Neil Smith first discovered the vulnerability which can be exploited over radio frequencies in 2012 ppAll of the knowledge to generate the exploit already exists on the internet AI could even build it for you Smith told 404 Media The physical aspect really only means that you could not exploit this over the internet from another country you would need to be some physical distance from the train so that your signal is still receivedppp