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Generally speaking, you'll all agree that hacking usually requires a person to be able to think "outside the box". In fact, it necessarily requires a certain knack for innovation. This week, a researcher proved he has that knack!
Tobias Jeske, a PhD student at the University of Hamburg, published a whitepaper explaining how an attacker could take advantage of GPS navigation systems to influence car traffic in a given area. Using this researcher's ideas, an attacker could very well cause a major traffic jam on a normally empty road. That could have an impact, especially on emergency services.
An interesting read, from a guy who had an equally interesting idea!