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U.S. Gas Stations Vulnerable To Internet Attacks

Posted by Soulskill on from the many-points-of-failure dept.

itwbennett writes: Automated tank gauges (ATGs), which are used by gas stations in the U.S. to monitor their fuel tank levels can be manipulated over the Internet by malicious attackers, according to security firm Rapid7. "An attacker with access to the serial port interface of an ATG may be able to shut down the station by spoofing the reported fuel level, generating false alarms, and locking the monitoring service out of the system," said HD Moore, the chief research officer at Rapid7.

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  1. price hack? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Could they change the gas prices so it would be like .01 per gallon?

  2. Re:Once more by rogoshen1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    To what, play warcraft 2?