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Another Infrastructure Hack

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It seems well past time that any infrastructure system that requires
communications between its various segments should never be connected to the iternet.

The latest one, the pipeline in the US is a prime example.
As a result the whole East Coast US might run out of petrol and diesel.
In this case they had a pipeline running through the country so could
have run a fibre optic or co-ax cable throughout their system.

Back in the early 1990s a friend was managing the statewide control
communications for the Electricity Commission using microwave systems.
I asked why don't you use the internet ?
No way, he said, it is too open to intruders getting access.
The word hackers had not been heard at that time.
He is now retired, but I wonder if his wonder boy successors took
any notice of their predecessors ?
Posted by Bazz, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 9:43:35 AM
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>The latest one, the pipeline in the US is a prime example.
>As a result the whole East Coast US might run out of petrol and diesel.

As a result of what?
Please write more coherently!
Posted by Aidan, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 12:01:40 PM
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Ahh, yes Aiden, I presumed most would have heard of the attack on the US pipeline by hackers.
They compromised the system with an encrypt and blackmail hack.
The software to do that is freely available I am told.
Posted by Bazz, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 12:40:30 PM
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Hi Bazz,

It was on the news this morning. They suspect the
hackers are linked to Russia - and US President
Biden has contacted Mr Putin about the matter.
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 1:45:26 PM
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cont'd ...

It is rather scary that a cyber criminal gang can
take a major US fuel pipeline offline over the
week-end. Colonial Pipeline's networks are the
major East Coast's supply of diesel, petrol, and
jet fuel. The Pipeline carries 2.5 million barrels
a day of the East Coast's supply.

The FBI is investigating the matter and questions
do arise as to how the cyber attacks managed to shut
off a US Pipeline?
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 1:57:08 PM
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Foxy that had me laughing out loud, not at you but the substance, "US President Biden has contacted Mr Putin about the matter". That's about the best joke so far this year. If any greater proof is needed to show that Biden is a doddering fool, I can't imagine what it could be.

Putin is king of Russian oil if Russia is involved it will be on his orders, his post Easter joke perhaps. I suppose Biden could beg & grovel.

Oh the poor USA
Posted by Hasbeen, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 1:59:26 PM
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