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Researcher Finds Potholes In Vehicle Traffic Control Systems

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InformationWeek; By Kelly Jackson Higgins
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Smart traffic sensor systems that help regulate and automate the flow of traffic and lights contain security weaknesses that could be manipulated by hackers and result in traffic jams or even crashes, a researcher showed here today... the sensors include a Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontroller that runs a version of Linux.

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sure, blame Linux for user-space holes gus3 5 2,428 Aug 10, 2014 7:57 PM

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