College Kid Shuts Down High Speed Trains With a Laptop and a Radio

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

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 emergency alert and switched to manual braking. The entire high-speed rail network was disrupted for 48 minutes. […] This story continues at The Next Web

College Kid Shuts Down High Speed Trains With a Laptop and a Radio

In Taiwan, a 23-year-old college student is in hot water after hacking the country’s high speed rail system with a hodge-podge setup consisting of a laptop and a couple of radios. According to the Taipei Times, the incident disrupted four separate trains, causing nearly an hours-long delay across various rail lines. Identified only by his surname Lin, the student is alleged to have sent an alarm signal to the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSRC) contr…

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

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 emergency alert and switched to manual braking. The entire high-speed rail network was disrupted for 48 minutes. [ . . . ] This story continues at The Next Web