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A cyberattack on a court-ordered breathalyzer company turned compliance into a transportation failure.

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TechCrunch reported that Intoxalock's parent company, Consumer Safety Technology, was hit by a cyberattack that disrupted service for ignition interlock devices, leaving some drivers unable to start their cars or complete required calibrations. A backend outage at one vendor can suddenly affect court compliance, commuting, and income across multiple states at once. That is a harsh amount of power for one technical failure to hold over daily life. TechCrunch

Smart Take

A cyberattack on a court-ordered breathalyzer company turned compliance into a transportation failure.

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The smart take: regulated hardware is now software infrastructure wearing a plastic case. When one vendor breaks, the fallout lands on the most administratively fragile people first.
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