Hacking Wireless Bicycle Shifters

This is yet another insecure Internet-of-things story, this one about wireless gear shifters for bicycles. These gear shifters are used in big-money professional bicycle races like the Tour de France, which provides an incentive to actually implement this attack.

Research paper. Another news story.

Slashdot thread.

Posted on August 20, 2024 at 7:08 AM0 Comments

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