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Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets

ID: 5ba302de-b948-5917-9cfb-344392f3a446

STIX ID: report--5ba302de-b948-5917-9cfb-344392f3a446

Feed Name: WIRED Security

Threat Score
35/100

Date Published: 2024-12-16

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Andy Greenberg

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Security research from IOActive found a flaw in Reviver digital license plates: using fault-injection (voltage glitching) to disable protections and extract/replace firmware enables a jailbreak that can allow evasion of tolls or law enforcement tracking; Reviver disputes the ease of exploitation, saying physical removal and expertise are required, and is redesigning plates to avoid the vulnerable chips.

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