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FBI Nabs Chicago Transit Authority Radio Hacker

Posted by timothy on from the yeah-please-don't-touch-that-button-ok dept.

Wh15per writes "The Chicago FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested an individual for misusing Chicago Transit Authority radio systems. Marcel Carter, 20, is charged with violating a US code that forbids interference with transportation operators. A federal complaint alleges he began using a radio to transmit on CTA frequencies in June 2008, often interjecting comments during communications between the agency's control center and train operators. The CTA claims Carter's radio communications were never followed, and passengers were never in danger."

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  1. Pranks now felonies by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    FTFA: "interfering with the operation of a mass transportation vehicle, a felony under the USA PATRIOT Act."

    Yelling at a bus driver? Felony
    Leaning in front of an oncoming train? Felony
    Talking on the transit radio band? Felony
    Putting pennies on train tracks? Felony

    Somehow, my youth was filled with felonious behavior. Perhaps the Homeland needs securing from scamps like me.

  2. Taking bets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, who will get the worst punishment, this guy or the guy who modded consoles? Taking bets now!

  3. Atlanta airport subway voice and Butt-head by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The other day I fantasized about hacking into the automated recordings in the Atlanta airport's subway cars (yes, I still miss the old "HAL" voice--PLEASE MOVE TO THE CENTER OF THE VEHICLE AND AWAY FROM THE DOORS). Sure, I'd go to jail for it, but just imagine, preferrably punctuated with lots of "Heh heh heh"s:

    "This train is approaching Concourse A. Concourse A, as in ass-munch."
    "... Concourse B, as in butt-wipe."
    "... Concourse C, as in crapweasel."
    "... Concourse D, as in douchebag."

    I've spent way too much time in that airport.

  4. Tuning a radio now counts as hacking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Up next, Man hacks face by growing a beard.

  5. ob. Simpsons quote by geekoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    -Talking out of turn...that's a paddling. Looking out the window...that's a paddling. Staring at my sandals...that's a paddling. Paddling the school canoe...ooh, you better believe that's a paddling

    Jasper.

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  6. Re:Why is public transport still living in stone a by vlm · · Score: 3, Funny

    You'd in essence be forcing everyone in the Aviation field who uses comms for anything to upgrade their gear and not improving anything as a result.

    I smell another economic stimulus plan brewing... All it needs is a catchy phrase, like "Cash 4 Crashers"

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  7. He'll get 25 or 6 to 4 for this... by jd2112 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If convicted. A high cost for something he did on a Saturday in the park on the 4th of July...

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  8. Re:Holmes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I prefer the wisdom of Oliver Wendell Jones who once said, "Avast ye scurvy dogs! Bank of America is about to go belly up!"