Colonial Pipeline cyberattack

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/27/biden_chemical_cybersecurity_sprint/
Rather late in the day, at best...

 

[Forest Green]

Timothy Olyphant tried to warn them.

 

[mkellytx]

https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/27/biden_chemical_cybersecurity_sprint/
Rather late in the day, at best...

To be fair, many of the petroleum pipeline operators also operate chemical pipelines, so last year’s directives covered a lot of those. Same goes for the plant operators. There‘s a lot that I won’t say since I worked this very problem in my last job, but there’s a difference between won’t move product because we might get crosswise with the feds and can’t move product because the systems that control are hit. There are ways to make sure critical things still happen…

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/18/hive_ransomware_fbi/

 

[publiusr]

I want as much critical infrastructure decomputerized as possible. Let the script kittys hack a lever.

On the current crisis
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2026/05/other-pipelines-and-projects-to-bypass-oil-from-hormuz.html

 

[Grey Havoc]

I want as much critical infrastructure decomputerized as possible. Let the script kittys hack a lever.

May well come to that.

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11...ergy-grids-by-exploiting-decades-old-software

 

[mkellytx]

I want as much critical infrastructure decomputerized as possible. Let the script kittys hack a lever.

May well come to that.

That's a bit extreme, Mentats anyone? Computers aren't the problem, networks attached to computers that connect to the internet are, BSG...

 

[publiusr]

At some point in time, there will be a solar flare, quake, EMP, etc.

 

[jsport]

https://www.federaltimes.com/opinio...Toverlay=2002c2d9-c344-4bbb-8610-e5794efcfa7d

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.wsj.com/politics/nation...tacksand-thenew-nsa-chief-is-worried-5ede04ef