Not all cyberattacks focus on data theft. Sometimes the intent is “to achieve the destruction of the physical world through digital means,” Chinese tech giant…
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Airplane Hack Exposes Weaknesses of Alert and Avoidance Systems
The aircraft safety system known as the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) can be coerced into sending an airplane on a mid-air rollercoaster…
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How a Hacker’s Mom Broke Into a Prison—and the Warden’s Computer
John Strand breaks into things for a living. As a penetration tester, he gets hired by organizations to attack their defenses, helping reveal weaknesses before…
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