Security vulnerability on U.S. trains that let anyone activate the brakes on the rear car was known for 13 years — operators refused to fix the issue until now

floofloof@lemmy.ca · 8 months ago

Security vulnerability on U.S. trains that let anyone activate the brakes on the rear car was known for 13 years — operators refused to fix the issue until now

WagnasT@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

I had a vendor tell me their new wireless device doesn’t need a password because it’s proprietary and they’d need the hardware and software from said vendor. Hardware and software that literally anyone can buy from their website. My company bought them anyway. FML.

Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Operators is in the title and then never again in the article.

plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

I suppose an extra sentence in the first paragraph could have made things clearer, but the AAR, which is the focus of the article, is an industry trade group made up of companies that operate trains in north America. Those are the “operators” in question.