Weaponized iOT: 'Ur nashinul leedrz haz bin pwned' - "When Cybersecurity Meets Physical Security"

[Razer]

Some EXCELLENT ideas here!

> In a recent interview with CNN, the Director of the Secret Service
> noted that his organization is increasingly focusing on the cyber
> security of the physical facilities visited by the President of the
> United States as part of its duty to protect him. This raises the
> fascinating question of just how much cybersecurity will become part
> of the physical security conversation in 2017.
>
> [...]
>
> Imagine a major head of state on an official visit to a foreign
> country or even a visit by the President of the United States to
> another part of the US. Security forces go to great lengths to
> construct a physical security cordon and maintain exclusive control
> over who is able to enter that controlled space. Yet, the growing
> Internet of Things means that more and more the various objects in
> that controlled space, from the light bulbs overhead to the elevators
> to the fire alarms to the traffic cameras are all remotely accessible.
>
> Imagine a foreign intelligence service that wanted to disrupt and
> embarrass a foreign head of state visiting another country. Today they
> might hack into the local police offices in the city being visited and
> monitor email accounts and document archives to locate official
> security plans and schedules for the visit to plant paid protesters
> holding large signs along the motorcade route. But, take this a step
> further and consider for a moment the new factor of the vast Internet
> of Things that envelopes that visit.
>
> Those hackers could monitor all of the traffic cameras in the area to
> watch the head of state’s movements in realtime and monitor his or her
> schedule second by second. As he enters a building, the local CCTV
> cameras throughout that building could be used to surveil his
> movements and compile an intelligence list of everyone he meets with.
>
> Yet, here’s where things get far more worrying.
>
> When he steps on the elevator to change floors, those hackers could
> disable the elevator system and trap him, disrupting his visit and
> generating media images of him being helplessly dragged up a ladder to
> safety.
>
> Or they could trigger the fire alarms or overheat a piece of equipment
> to cause a real fire and activate the sprinkler system, leading to
> images of a soaked and miserable leader cutting his visit short.
>
> Given that most modern office buildings have switched to electronic
> access controls, those hackers could simply deactivate all locks
> across the building, instantly rendering the entire facility
> unsecured, doors flapping in the breeze and causing mass panic among
> his guards.
>
> Or, they could move to paralyze the entire city, cutting power to
> every major building, while activating fire alarms across the city and
> manipulating traffic signals to cause massive traffic accidents and
> trap first responders helplessly across the city and preventing him
> from reaching his next appointments.
>
Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/01/13/when-cybersecurity-meets-physical-security/


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