Re: OT: Traffic Light Control (was Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US)

[Jay Hennigan <jay () west net>]

On 11/25/11 11:34 AM, Joel jaeggli wrote:

> Cars generically cause at lot more deaths than faulty traffic
> controllers 13.2 per 100,000 population in the US annually.

The cars don't (often) cause them.  The drivers do.  Yes, there are the
rare mechanical failures but the most likely cause is wetware.  Ditto
airplane crashes.  A mild example:

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X18632

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