U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government

Re:U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign gover... by A_non_e-moose on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:39PM (#25412931)

> It's time to admit that computers connected to the internet can not be secured.

Iranian centrifuges were air-gapped (ie no internet connection) and they still got hacked by Stuxnet via USB. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

We are well past the point where even stuff that's not connected to the internet can not be secured.

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Re:U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign gover... by manquer on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:25AM (#25414406)

I am bit skeptical of the accidental USB insertion story.

A secure air gapped network won't have open USB ports . Only privileged users who know what they are doing should even have access to a port.

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