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

  • msmash--Slashdot.org
  • published date: 2025-07-15 18:50:00 UTC

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 ha…

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 ex… [+383 chars]