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longer than six weeks, hackers might
have gained much greater control of
the network, with the potential to
create significant damage.
In November 2016, hackers attacked San Francisco's light-rail system. The hack opened all station gates
across the network, allowing passengers to travel for free, while paralyzing ticket machines and rendering
them out of order. Ticketing systems
in station agents' booths also crashed.
The attack lasted for two days. The
geographical origin of the San Francisco light-rail attack is unclear, with
evidence pointing to Russia, although
North Korea and Iran are possible,
among others.
In May 2017, Deutsche Bahn, the
German national rail network, suffered an attack on its data systems. The
WannaCry virus affected 450 Deutsche Bahn computers, bringing down
passenger information systems, ticket
machines and CCTV networks. The
same attack, which is thought to have
originated in North Korea, hit the national railway systems in both Russia
and China. Two automobile manufacturers, Renault and Nissan UK, were
also affected, halting production robots on both companies' assembly
lines. And the largest organization in
Europe, NHS England, was attacked,
affecting MRI scanners, blood storage
refrigerators and operating theater
equipment, causing operations to be
cancelled and ambulances diverted
from affected hospitals.
Just how vulnerable a rail network
can be was demonstrated by a teenager
in Lodz, Poland, who in 2008, altered
a television remote control and took
over the industrial control systems
managing light-rail track points in the
city. Four trains were derailed and 12
people injured as a result.
One of the highest risk factors is the
infrastructure's distributed network
architecture-electronic components and
industrial control systems are spread across
sections of lines and throughout rolling stock.
Why railroads are
so vulnerable
A few factors make America's railroad infrastructure particularly
vulnerable. One of the highest risk
factors is the infrastructure's distributed network architecture-electronic components and industrial control
systems are spread across sections
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