WOOT '14 - Green Lights Forever: Analyzing the Security of Traffic Infrastructure

Green Lights Forever: Analyzing the Security of Traffic Infrastructure

Branden Ghena, William Beyer, Allen Hillaker, Jonathan Pevarnek, and J. Alex Halderman, University of Michigan

The safety critical nature of traffic infrastructure requires that it be secure against computer-based attacks, but this is not always the case. We investigate a networked traffic signal system currently deployed in the United States and discover a number of security flaws that exist due to systemic failures by the designers. We leverage these flaws to …

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