Passenger Hacks NYC Taxi Computer System
The problem is more significant than GPS objections, according to the software engineer who hacked the system.
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission’s technology enhancement plan that puts GPS systems, credit card scanners and monitors in the city’s 13,000-plus taxis has come under fire again—this time from a passenger who hacked the computer monitor and gained access to its operating system.
On Dec. 1 software engineer Billy Chasen posted a walk-through on his personal blog ‘[An Error Occurred While Processing This Directive].com’ of how he hacked into a computer screen mounted on the back seat of a cab he hailed on New York’s Upper West Side. The story was initially reported Dec. 26 on WNBC.com, a local news station.
Source: E-Week
