Roadside signs hacked

In either instance, Mueller said, the factory-default password is the same. A—holes on bikes. Invasions of the undead are a recurring theme in road-sign hacks. Although these stunts are often over quickly, they can cause big headaches for officials in the communities where they occur.

Belcher asked his team to investigate the sign-hacking incident. But mobile signs, like the one that presented the Fortnite reference, are often owned by construction contractors.

Is there advanced warning protection or tiered security with indicators? Would it be prudent to hire a hacker first and IT programmer second? I would place a good bet on this over-under!

While the roadside attacks are problematic and create a higher concern for localized cyber vandalism, the question remains - how do we know our more sophisticated remotely operated ITS devices are not inching closer to the "living-in-my-mothers-basement hacker"?

Is there a plan B we should employ? I certainly haven't kept up and rely on the brilliant few engineers who do. It the entire community's responsibility to share what we know, what we've learned, and how we share this information. ITS device manufacturers are in no way exempt any more than traffic operators, transportation engineers, and planners. It is after all, an Intelligent Transportation Society, right?

Check out our most recent blog post about the minimum hardware and functional characteristics of electronically controlled DMS. They're everywhere. Be careful out there on the roads, folks! You just never know when a merry prankster might hack your route. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.

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