Ski Lift in Austria Left Control Panel Open on the Internet

guest · Apr 26, 2018

Ski Lift in Austria Left Control Panel Open on the Internet
April 26, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...tria-left-control-panel-open-on-the-internet/

Officials from the city of Innsbruck in Austria have shut down a local ski lift after two security researchers found its control panel open wide on the Internet, and allowing anyone to take control of the ski lift's operational settings.

The two researchers are Tim Philipp Schäfers and Sebastian Neef, both with InternetWache.org, an IT security-focused organization.
Control panel let users interact with the ski lift's settings
On March 16, Schäfers and Neef discovered the Human Machine Interface (HMI) used for controlling Patscherkofelbahn, a ski lift that connects the village of Igls with the Patscherkofel mountain resort, to the south of Innsbruck.
Ski lift shut down on the same day
The two immediately contacted the Computer Emergency and Response Team (CERT) in Austria, who, according to a blog post, sent their Innsbruck contact to alert local Innsbruck authorities on the same day.
Control panel also ran outdated firmware
In a private conversation with Bleeping Computer, Schäfers, one of the researchers, said he wasn't aware of the ski lift incident in Georgia when he found the HMI of the Austrian ski lift.
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