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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by christophilus on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:43PM (#26072432)
It’s incredible that anyone thought it was a good idea to connect this kind of infrastructure to the internet.
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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by moksly on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:48PM (#26072468)
It’s new public management. Why have a hundred people maintaining these things when you can just have 1 person do it remotely.

I don’t think it’s a good idea either, but it’s exactly why it happens.

While I said it’s new public management, it’s also a common management style in any form of private sector enterprise.

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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by hanniabu on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:52PM (#26072498)
I mean, you can still have one person control it without connecting to the outside world...
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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by badwolf on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:37PM (#26072792)
Why have one person onsite controlling it, when you can have one person offsite remotely controlling MULTIPLE sites!
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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @03:37AM (#26075175)
... and have that person be a contractor from another country, which "saves taxpayers money".
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