SCADA Vulnerabilities In Prisons Could Open Cell Doors 134
Orome1 writes "Many prisons and jails use SCADA systems with PLCs to open and close doors. Using original and publicly available exploits along with evaluating vulnerabilities in electronic and physical security designs, researchers discovered significant vulnerabilities in PLCs used in correctional facilities by being able to remotely flip the switches to 'open' or 'locked closed' on cell doors and gates."
Re:U.S. prison system is flawed (Score:2, Interesting)
Not only have studies shown that there is no need for such locked down prison facilities
What studies? In which journals were they published and where can I read an abstract?
Re:U.S. prison system is flawed (Score:4, Interesting)
There was lots of crime involving bootleg alcohol when it was banned too. All that went away when alcohol was legalized.
Actually it diversified - it was a huge boost for organized crime syndicates like the mafia. We should expect the same sort of 50+ year run for everybody who came up in the drug cartel system to die off before we are really free of the effects of the drug war. Just in time for everybody to forget the lessons of the past and shoot ourselves in the foot with some new arbitrary contraband.