[FRC Blog] Einstein Report Released

[Greg McKaskle]

I don't believe the report says anything about the FMS being hacked, scores being changed, or robots being seized. There is no evidence those actions occurred on Einstein.

The report discusses how the FIRST staff performed some typical DoS attacks on the bridge and router to learn what the symptoms would look like. The report discusses that a bug was discovered in the field wifi components that allowed for a disruption of service. The FIRST staff then explored the various symptoms and the requirements for the bug to manifest. The bug allowed for service disruptions, but no foreign device joined any field access point.

Also, the exploit required no hacking skills. Hackers everywhere are cringing when this is referred to as a hack. The term hack never appears in the report. Sorry to be such a stickler for terminology, but inaccurate descriptions of what took place do not help matters. If there are parts of the report which need clarification, please ask rather than jump to conclusions.

Greg McKaskle