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A student with a laptop and a radio stopped four high-speed trains. The crypto keys hadn’t been changed in 19 years.

  • Ana Maria Constantin--The Next Web
  • published date: 2026-05-17 09:35:13 UTC

At 23:23 on 5 April, a 23-year-old university student in Taichung transmitted a falsified General Alarm signal into the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation’s internal radio system. Four trains travelling at up to 300 km/h received the highest-priority emergenc…

TL;DR A 23-year-old hacked Taiwans high-speed rail with a laptop and cheap radios, exploiting crypto keys unchanged for 19 years. At 23:23 on 5 April, a 23-year-old university student in Taichung t… [+5903 chars]