{"id":14070,"date":"2011-11-08T18:35:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T00:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=14070"},"modified":"2024-01-11T06:08:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:08:06","slug":"maximum-security-not-so-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/11\/maximum-security-not-so-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximum security not so secure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When you think of prison, the words “secure” and “locked down” should be the first that come to mind, but never would I want to hear “system vulnerability” and “hackers can remotely access doors” associated with prison. Unfortunately that seems to be exactly the case here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this year’s Hacker Halted conference, researchers discovered that for a mere $2500 and a long night’s worth of coding, you could potentially access a prison’s “industrial control systems,” or locks as we civilians may refer to them. The problem appears to be the fact that although the computer systems at prisons should really<\/strong> not be connected to the internet, it turns out that many are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often times these systems are connected to the internet either for remote maintenance purposes, there were instances found where prison staff would take a few minutes of on the clock time to do what we all do at our jobs – goof around online. Though not being connected to the internet seems like a simple enough solution, it turns out that systems without an internet connection fared off worse because of social engineering scams or bribes and USB key could bypass security entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the report was made public at Hacker Halted, all findings have been shared the Department of Homeland Security and are in the process of being fixed. I sure hope so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hat tip to reader: Killahkazx<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sources: Geekosystem<\/a>, Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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