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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by arcticbull on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:29PM (#27102086)
Can an individual not accidentally or intentionally infect a computer not connected to the internet?
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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by fennecfoxen on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:35PM (#27102121)
It's called Stuxnet, and it ruined 20% of Iran's uranium centrifuges. Which were air-gapped.
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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by zaroth on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:36PM (#27102126)
Air gaps didn’t save Iran. Air gaps are just one layer in the onion.
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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by bobmaxup on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:59PM (#27102241)
Is the argument that Iran was attacked on air-gapped network, so its not worth doing?
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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by tedunangst on Sunday May 09, 2021 @11:44PM (#27102481)
Do the opposite of last time logic is surprisingly popular, despite leading to some odd conclusions.
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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by natch on Sunday May 09, 2021 @11:59PM (#27102546)
Tradeoffs. Air gaps come with other costs of their own.
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