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For anyone who has seen the videos of the hacked crosswalks (see here), apparently they were hacked because the crosswalk maintenance hardware is accessible by Bluetooth using an app publicly available from the manufacturer. Most crosswalks seem to use the default password of 1234 allowing anyone with the app to access the crosswalks.

The only way to fix it is for the city to go to EVERY SINGLE light one by one to change the passwords. Anyone can do this as long as your home town uses the same crosswalk tech as everyone else.

Does anyone have access to the apk?

Article explaining the exploit-

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