Basic security issues in the networked system regulating traffic flow in Michigan allowed a team of researchers to take control of about 100 traffic lights. The experiment was conducted by a team led by J. Alex Halderman, computer scientist at the University of Michigan, with the approval of a local road agency. They managed to intercept the communication between traffic sensors and controllers that communicate wirelessly, gaining complete control of the stoplights regulating the flow of veh…
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