Student brought multiple Taiwan high-speed trains to a standstill with handheld radio spoofing attack
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WTF?! What would it take to stop several high-speed bullet trains? In Taiwan, a student managed to bring some of them to a halt using just a radio kit. The 23-year-old was arrested for his unwise actions and is now out on bail.
Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) told local media that on April 5, a 48-minute stoppage affected four trains – though some outlets say it was three trains. The disruption was caused by a General Alarm signal that triggered emergency response protocols instructing the trains to stop manually.
The signal is normally activated by station staff using specialized equipment, but in this instance, a 23-year-old student, identified only as Lin, was responsible.
Reports say Lin used software-defined radio (SDR) equipment bought online to analyze THSRC signals, download the data to a...
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