If the U.S. ever goes to war with a major adversary, one of the first waves of cyberattacks will likely target infrastructure that rarely comes up in discussions about digital threats: railroads.
Americans understand that power, water and healthcare systems face constant and sometimes sophisticated hacks from foreign governments and criminal gangs. But the U.S. pays far less attention to vulnerabilities in its rail system — even though the consequences of stalled or crashed trains could be disastrous.
“We can’t live without rail,” said Tom VanNorman, senior vice president at the industrial cybersecurity firm GRIMM.
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