Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’re doing

Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by iikoolpp on Saturday September 07, 2019 @11:06AM (#20904179)

I, too, wish to punish people for daring to own something that might have a zero-day.

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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by myself248 on Saturday September 07, 2019 @02:27PM (#20905600)

The negative externalities of owning vulnerable devices need to come home to roost at some point, yeah.

I've chosen to own a "dumb" (read: "reliable") washing machine, and it cannot be used in such an attack. I have to endure the indignity of peeking downstairs to see if I left clothes in it, which is a cost of sorts, but it's nowhere near the cost I'd expect to bear if I bought a vulnerable washing machine and it provided resources to knock Wikipedia off the internet.

What other disincentive to putting vulnerable devices on the internet do you propose?

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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by Nextgrid on Saturday September 07, 2019 @11:11AM (#20904215)

Are we talking about zero days here or obvious vulnerabilities known for decades but nothing gets done because there’s no cost associated with leaving it insecure? I strongly suspect the latter.

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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by roywiggins on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:10PM (#20905085)

How are you supposed know what chipsets are in your smart lightbulb?

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