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Hack A Cop Car? It's Easier Than You Think

Penetration tester Kevin Finisterre was hired to pen test a city's infrastructure and discovered he could easily compromise a police cruiser's computer gear. He was able to simply tap into a digital video recorder in a cop car and get a live feed on his computer screen. By the end of the hack, Finisterre was able to access the DVR hard drive and could see with cams and hear through the microphones in the police cruiser. By using default passwords, he was also able to upload, download and even delete video feed files collected from the cop cars. Here is his full report "Owning A Cop Car."

[Source: Computerworld]