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PCs Pilfered, Paralyzing Populace

Posted by michael on from the doh! dept.

Heywood Yabuzof writes "According to this Wired story, thieves in Chile caused traffic to grind to a halt when they decided to steal the computers (15 PCs and 2 servers) that control the traffic lights in Santiago. Funny how everyone worries so much about preventing "evil hackers" from breaking in to systems remotely and causing chaos, and then some burglars just go ahead and steal the critical computers to produce the same (unintended?) results."

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  1. Bah! by jvollmer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't practice your alliteration on me!
    None of yer Hindus haronizin' in the hallway,
    or Shintos shatterin' sheetglass in the shithouse!

  2. GROAN by Rhinobird · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    GROAN...

    --
    If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. --Nikola Tesla
  3. Re:sophisticated? by jedrek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A klacz? A female horse?

    I don't get it.