Hacking parking meters is black hat business - InternetNews.com

Increasingly in the modern world, everything is being connected to a network. Even parking meters that were once just purely mechanical devices are now connected.

For IT security researchers, anything that is connected to a network is a potential target for research – even the lowly parking meter. Security researcher Joe Grand has taken a particular interest in the new generation of smart parking meters. He sees various angles where the parking meters could potentially be at risk from security issues and he wants to help make the system better for everyone...