The same thing that has plagued the U.S. DoD since the advent of USB, but there's no denying that the U.S. is an _extremely_ competent cyber-actor.
Attacking is often easier than defense. How many countries that have ICBMs can reliably block incoming ICBMs?
Re:Cyber Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facility
by emodendroket on Sunday April 11, 2021 @01:11PM
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On paper or in reality?
Either, really. Very few have the ability even in theory, whether anyone could intercept a bunch of ICBMs launched "in anger" seems questionable. Seems like an apt analogy talking about cybersecurity defenses.
Re:Cyber Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facility
by emodendroket on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:08PM
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Well yeah, that’s what I mean. I’m not convinced any of these actually work.
Re:Cyber Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facility
by rebuilder on Sunday April 11, 2021 @01:07PM
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It seems defense is harder than offense in this context.
Re:Cyber Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facility
by GartzenDeHaes on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:35PM
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Sprinkling HID's or usb's with modified firmware around the target organization's parking lot is almost guaranteed to work. People get curious and few understand the danger.
Nation state security competence includes locking down USB ports so someone can't deploy malware found off the street.