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US rail industry still exposed to decade-old hacking threat, experts warn

  • Skye Jacobs--TechSpot
  • published date: 2025-07-15 22:18:00 UTC

The vulnerability was discovered in 2012 by independent researcher Neil Smith, who found that the communication protocol linking the front and rear of freight trains – technically known as the End-of-Train and Head-of-Train Remote Linking Protocol – can be co…

Facepalm: Despite increasing efforts to protect critical infrastructure, much of the US rail industry continues to rely on technology vulnerable to remote hacking, security researchers and federal of… [+3686 chars]