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Hackers Breached Railway Network, Disrupted Service |
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Source: Wired - Posted by Alex
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Hackers attacked computers at an an unidentified railway company, disrupting railway signals for two days in December, according to a government memo obtained by Nextgov.
According to the memo, train service on the unnamed railroad located in the Pacific Northwest “was slowed for a short while” on Dec. 1, and rail schedules were delayed about 15 minutes after the interference. The next day, shortly before rush hour, a “second event occurred,” but this one did not affect schedules, NextGov reports.
An investigation determined that hackers — possibly from overseas — had penetrated the system from three IP addresses, according to the memo, which did not name the country from which the hack occurred.
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