Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on May 08, 2021, 10:42:43 AM
My conspiracy theory is, this was a job pulled off by the Government.
Post by: jb1842 on May 08, 2021, 10:54:46 AM
If you've been listening to the news, you've heard that Colonial Pipeline has shut down its oil pipeline feeding the east coast as well as some other pipelines due to a ransomware attack.
My conspiracy theory is, this was a job pulled off by the Government.
My money is an inside job. Someone who purposely got hired in order to do destruction. They got access to the system and helped the attack.
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on May 08, 2021, 11:04:18 AM
Post by: Rush on May 08, 2021, 11:54:59 AM
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on May 08, 2021, 11:59:20 AM
There’s been some weird anti-oil, anti-capitalism protests going on in NYC in the last few days.
They've time out from their busy schedule of protesting companies making a few bucks producing covid-19 vaccines?
Post by: jb1842 on May 08, 2021, 01:02:11 PM
So many companies have been attacked this way... it doesn’t have to be an inside job
No. But I would wouldn't rule it out by some crazy environmentalist.
Post by: Lucifer on May 11, 2021, 05:29:33 AM
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on May 11, 2021, 06:36:03 AM
Post by: bflynn on May 11, 2021, 07:15:57 AM
IT is not inherently insecure, but because programmers don't know or don't care, they have created massive security holes. You can be caught even by going to what are otherwise innocent websites if they just didn't do something the right way. Or, did it the right way at the time, but that isn't enough anymore.
Biden likes to talk about infrastructure, want to bet he doesn't even know what IT infrastructure is?
Fixing the problem is going to take a long time and until then, we are vulnerable. For your personal security, one of the best things you can do is get off any Microsoft browser or Chrome. Run Firefox with the "NoScript" extension or Brave. That won't stop everything, but it will at least close the biggest holes.
So glad to have an electric car as an option now.
Post by: President in Exile YOLT on May 11, 2021, 07:29:22 AM
Post by: nddons on May 11, 2021, 08:11:02 AM
Infrastructure should never be connected to the public internet.Correct. What fucktard can’t figure out that you can isolate such systems by pulling the plug?
Post by: Username on May 11, 2021, 08:17:37 AM
Correct. What fucktard can’t figure out that you can isolate such systems by pulling the plug?Even worse, the attack hit the IT network side of the house and Colonial Pipeline shut down the operational side just to be safe. IT couldn't protect itself!
Post by: Becky (My pronouns are Assigned/By/God) on May 11, 2021, 08:39:13 AM
Post by: Rush on May 11, 2021, 08:53:24 AM
They didn’t mean to cause problem..... riiiiiight.
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Digital Shadows thinks the Colonial attack was helped by the coronavirus pandemic, with more engineers remotely accessing control systems for the pipeline from home.
Yet another consequence of the incredibly irresponsible lockdowns.
Post by: nddons on May 11, 2021, 09:35:21 AM
Gas lines and skyrocketing gas prices right after the Resident visits the Carters. They must be vying for title of worst president ever.You mean Rezidentura.
Post by: Jim Logajan on May 11, 2021, 12:48:09 PM
I would not be surprised if twenty years later that remote monitoring and control systems are still open to attack. IMHO the only “inside job” part is due to management decision not to expend money to secure their communications systems. That requires a capital expenditure with no obvious payback (until the shit hits the fan.)