Urban traffic systems vulnerable to hacking
Security experts say that a hacker can tap into traffic sensors to gain access to signals and change them at will
Washington
PICTURE this: A hacker walks the streets of Capitol Hill with a laptop and malicious intentions. He crouches to street level, tapping into the city's traffic sensors during rush hour. Suddenly, downtown traffic signals turn to a constellation of red. Within minutes, streets are a parking lot jammed with cars. Emergency vehicles, paralysed by traffic, can't find a clearing. Their sirens echo through a gridlocked city.
It's a dark scenario out of a dystopian film, but is it plausible?
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