The 5 Coolest Hacks of '07

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Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 2, 2008 @12:47PM from the still-no-pencil-hack dept.

ancientribe writes "Nothing was sacred to hackers in '07 — not cars, not truckers, and not even the stock exchange. Dark Reading reviews five hacks that went after everyday things we take for granted even more than our PC's — our car navigation system, a trucker's freight, WiFi connections, iPhone, and (gulp) the electronic financial trading systems that record our stock purchases and other online transactions."

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obvious by User+956 · 2008-01-02 12:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Page 5: 'Hacking capitalism'

I've heard of that before.

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Re:Bluetooth cracking didnt make the list? by Anonymous Coward · 2008-01-02 13:01 · Score: 5, Funny

probably because this is the '07 list, not the '04 list.
Re:Yippie, another slashdigg toplist! by log1385 · 2008-01-02 13:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Now all we need is a "Top Ten 'Top Ten Lists' of 2007!"

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site slashdotted... by Orthuberra · 2008-01-02 13:15 · Score: 5, Funny

or was it hacked???
1. Re:site slashdotted... by ozmanjusri · 2008-01-02 13:43 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  or was it hacked???
  It's IIS.
  
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Hacking what now..? by ricebowl · 2008-01-02 13:18 · Score: 5, Funny

"Nothing was sacred to hackers in '07 -- not cars, not truckers..."

Somebody hacked a trucker? Holy hell...I hope never to see that one documented Hackaday.
Re:3. Eighteen-wheelers by MichaelSmith · 2008-01-02 13:35 · Score: 3, Funny

told me to only stop at well lighted truck stops & stay away from roadside rest areas
You would think that for half a million dollars they would pay someone to follow you and take care of the load.

given me a designated route
Ahh maybe they did.

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Your bluetooth is being hijacked right now! by DigitAl56K · 2008-01-02 14:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Dude, your keyboard is being sniffed! I just saw everything you typed posted on the internet!!
Prediction for 2008 hacks... by YU5333021 · 2008-01-02 14:05 · Score: 5, Funny

No.1 hack for 2008 will be the new electronic passports as discussed in the previous Slashdot discussion.

No.2 will be the the voting machines, but that only gets a second place because it's a dupe from 4 years ago.

No.3 will be the poor truckers again. We should really revert back from robotic drivers.

and No.4 will be slashdot's grammar and spelling checking engine, although this will be done in a fairly low-tech manner. The ten submission monkeys will be poisoned and their typewriters tinkered with...
My next project by Anonymous Coward · 2008-01-02 14:53 · Score: 5, Funny

"... built tools for hacking satellite-based navigation systems that use Radio Data System-Traffic Message Channel (RDS-TMC) to receive traffic broadcasts and emergency messages ... The researchers tested their hardware and software tools with a one- to five-kilometer radius of the targeted vehicles, but they say an attacker could target a specific vehicle by adding a directional antenna, for instance ..."

I think I'm going to invest some effort in this, and build a system that allows me to send messages to the NAV display of other vehicles to say things like:

"Pull the fuck out of the fast lane jackass."

or

"Turn your goddamned high beams off you stupid sack of shit."