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Federal authorities are concerned about new research showing U.S. prisons are vulnerable to computer hackers, who could remotely open cell doors to aid jailbreaks.
Federal authorities are concerned about new research showing U.S. prisons are vulnerable to computer hackers, who could remotely open cell doors to aid jailbreaks.
A malicious cyber-intruder could "destroy the doors," by overloading the electrical system that controls them, locking them permanently open, said Mr. Strauchs, now a consultant who has designed security systems for dozens of state and federal prisons..
"Personally, I think the greatest danger is assassination," Mr. Strauchs told The Washington Times afterward. "You create chaos as a way to [implement a plan to] kill someone."
