Remote Hackers giving out FREE Gas! Hijack600 gallons Clerks can only watch.its the new thing!

Free Gas? ummmm ok
Hackers remotely give out 600 gallons in Detroit and the clerks can't do a thing!
Can you imagine if this hacking went viral? Hmm the
Implications for the future are interesting...

gizmodo.com...

the thieves used some sort of remote device that allowed them to hijack the pump and take control away from the gas station employee. Police confirmed to the local publication that the device prevented the clerk from using the gas station’s system to shut off the individual pump.

a reply to: TheJesuit

Dumbass clerks should know how to turn off the pumps.

Not all heroes wear capes.

a reply to: Bluntone22

Ya really, it's a huge red button, lol.

The entire gas pumping system is run via computers I'm surprised this hasn't happened before now...

They couldn't just cut the power to the pumps?
This reminds me of the toyota floor mat problem- they had a line of cars where the gas pedal would get wedged on the floor mat. One woman called 911 flying down the highway over a hundred mph... never occurred to her to just switch the ignition off, or shift out of drive into neutral.

Maybe I need to get into hacking, I could use some free fuel.

originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: TheJesuit

Dumbass clerks should know how to turn off the pumps.

Police confirmed to the local publication that the device prevented the clerk from using the gas station’s system to shut off the individual pump.

a reply to: AScrubWhoDied

It's called a circuit breaker.
Each pump or row has it's own breaker

Some one let the Hatians know! But seriously the hacker hacks and 10 vechicles fill up? Can you imagine all the old gas stations that might be exposed to this globally?

originally posted by: Bluntone22
It's called a circuit breaker.
Each pump or row has it's own breaker

Right? Imagine if there were a fire and the dumbasses didn't know how to shut the pumps down manually.

Oh, the hugemanatee!!!!!

originally posted by: TheJesuit
Some one let the Hatians know! But seriously the hacker hacks and 10 vechicles fill up? Can you imagine all the old gas stations that might be exposed to this globally?

I'd be nice to get some details of the exploit, there article refers to a 'device', but describes interfering with software.
I'd imagine no one is in a hurry to share the details for obvious reasons.

Fake news.

originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: AScrubWhoDied

It's called a circuit breaker.
Each pump or row has it's own breaker

Aziz says the system wouldn’t respond and it wasn’t until he says he got an emergency kit that he was able to shut the pump down, and then call police.

I don't know what an emergency kit is because I don't work at a gas station, so I can't say either way.

originally posted by: underwerks
Not all heroes wear capes.

One man's trash is another man's hero, I guess.

originally posted by: TheJesuit
Free Gas? ummmm ok
Hackers remotely give out 600 gallons in Detroit and the clerks can't do a thing!
Can you imagine if this hacking went viral? Hmm the
Implications for the future are interesting...

gizmodo.com...

the thieves used some sort of remote device that allowed them to hijack the pump and take control away from the gas station employee. Police confirmed to the local publication that the device prevented the clerk from using the gas station’s system to shut off the individual pump.

So what is this, the beginning of the government to micro manage the internet from the people to prevent this sorta thing from happening again... Now we are going to start hearing about how dangerous the internet is and how it claims so many lives and it must be controlled and not in the hands of trolls! The worse part about, there will be people who fall and believe who push that agenda just like many others going on today... Wait for it

originally posted by: underwerks
Not all heroes wear capes.

Heroes eh ?

The STATION is on the hook for that gas.

Contrary to the bullsnip about them.,

Big oil got out of owning them decades ago.

originally posted by: SlapMonkey

originally posted by: underwerks
Not all heroes wear capes.

One man's trash is another man's hero, I guess.

Yeah you’re not going to find a lot of sympathy for the oil industry over here.

originally posted by: TheJesuit
Free Gas? ummmm ok
Hackers remotely give out 600 gallons in Detroit and the clerks can't do a thing!
Can you imagine if this hacking went viral? Hmm the
Implications for the future are interesting...

gizmodo.com...

the thieves used some sort of remote device that allowed them to hijack the pump and take control away from the gas station employee. Police confirmed to the local publication that the device prevented the clerk from using the gas station’s system to shut off the individual pump.

HAHA those stupid employees didn’t even think about the shut off button. And even if the button was broke they could have gone out and pulled the nozzles off. There is such a thing called the secondary.

a reply to: Allaroundyou

Pulled the nozzle off?

The emergency shut off sure but removing the nozzles is silly at best.

Sounds familiar