Security vulnerability on U.S. trains that let anyone activate the brakes on the rear car was known for 13 years — operators refused to fix the issue until now
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Wireless hardware to seriously disrupt rail transport costs less than $500.
  • mercano@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    The big railroads are laser focused on short term profits these days, to the detriment of long-term investment and public safety. A fix would probably require updating or replacing the Head of Train transceiver on every locomotive, and that’s not good for quarterly dividends.

    • The Rizzler@feddit.org
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      19 hours ago

      The big railroads are laser focused on short term profits these days

      every company is laser focused on short term profits, none of the executives care about long term sustainability because they get obscenely large severence packages when they get fired or if the company goes bankrupt from their stupidity

      not caring about the big picture or what might happen in the future is why everything sucks