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Recently it was announced that “hackers, possibly from abroad, executed an attack on a Northwest rail company’s computers that disrupted railway signals for two days.” The railroads and TSA are saying that this was not a “dedicated” attack. Our Comment: Whether this...
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“Protecting riders on mass-transit systems from terrorist attacks will be as high a priority as ensuring safe air travel,” the new TSA Chief told a reporter. Mr. John Pistole, the new TSA Chief and career FBI officer, also said “that some terrorists...
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Recently a report came out stating that the TSA disclosed that “Hackers, possibly from abroad, executed an attack on a Northwest rail company’s computers that disrupted railway signals for two days.” The railroads and the AAR are saying that this never...
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Last month, as a result of an investigation by KOMO news out of Seattle, Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wa, asked the head of TSA what was going on with locomotives left unlocked and in some cases having the “reverser” sitting on the locomotive counsel on rail...
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Well, seems as if what we at Hot Rail LLC have been saying for a while has come true. It has now been confirmed that the U.S. rails were/are going to be a target for terrorists. Intelligence from the recent raid at bin Laden’s residence revealed a planned attack on...