A global team of researchers recently took industrial system hacking to a whole new — and visual — level by exploiting flaws they discovered in radio frequency (RF) controllers that move cranes and other large machinery at construction sites and in factories. The Trend Micro team first tested out the vulnerabilities in their lab with a miniaturized crane, and later on a live construction site in Europe, where, with permission, two members of the team hacked the crane’s controller and were able to move the massive arm from side to side.

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