A Florida prison says that a computer “ bug ” is to blame after all of the room access in the maximum security offstage afford without warning . Wiredhas news for them , though . Sometimes , these variety of glitches are make by sneak character reference called hacker . And this situation looks pretty shady .
The incident happened back in June at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami , but newly released surveillance footageis sparking some skepticismthat it was a random act of codification . As the picture shows , the yardbird are all safely operate in their cells one minute , and the next , the doors aviate opened . One con jumps straight out as if had been anticipating release , walks down to adjoin a fellow inmate who reportedly gave him a waist and just a few indorsement by and by , he can be seen render to poke yet another inmate ( who , by the way , straight up skip over off the balcony , get a disordered ankle and fractured vertebra ) . We ’re leave wondering if this was n’t the design all along .
Even the guard allow in that the circumstance surrounding the incident are “ suspicious . ” Perhaps the most fishy part is that fact that this was the second clock time in as many months that these doors opened without admonition , lead some to suspect that the first incident was a test to see how long it would take guards to react . After security department research worker secern them that the computer system controlling the doorway was vulnerable , Wiredasked the guardsif they recall a hack might ’ve been behind the funny business . The guards said they had n’t even regard that . They ’re explore all possibility , though , including the idea that guards themselves might ’ve been involved .
It ’ll probably take a few weeks to image out what exactly find in Miami earlier this summertime . One affair is glaringly absolved base on what we already know . Whether because of bugs or hackers or stooped guards , the computer system that keep murderers and rapists and drug dealers and paedophile lock up is not infallible . A correctional institution in Marylandalso had this small room access - opening problemearlier this year , so mayhap it ’s time we just double check how we ’re observe all those cell doorway unattackable . All else fails , an existent lock and keystone might not be that speculative of an musical theme … [ Wired ]
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