The NYPD and other law enforcement agencies across the country fear that a consumer hacking tool will be used by radical extremist groups to attack electrical substations, internal documents reveal.A bulletin published by a law enforcement task force in , , indicates that police departments are monitoring extremist channels on the messaging platform Telegram for suspicious references to the Flipper Zero - a $169 'hacking' device.The Flipper Zero can be used to open remote-controlled gates by emulating signals sent by nearby devices. Alternatively, it can send a variety of signals with the aim of transmitting the correct one by chance in what is referred to a 'brute-force' attack.
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