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Re:One-Fifth of U.S. Beef Capacity Wiped Out by JBS Cyberattack by thatguy0900 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @03:39PM (#27360155)
It's because none of it is secured, and the US has a shit load of infrastructure that all has its own independent systems. Even a tiny percent being hacked per lifetime will be constant hacks in the news.
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Re:One-Fifth of U.S. Beef Capacity Wiped Out by JBS Cyberattack by macinjosh on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @04:08PM (#27360574)
Independent systems have their own problems but also benefits. The trendy word for this is ‘decentralized’. IMHO, I’d prefer we don’t have one big system. At least when the pipeline was shutdown it didn’t affect the entire country.
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Re:One-Fifth of U.S. Beef Capacity Wiped Out by JBS Cyberattack by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @03:55PM (#27360363)
None of it was on the internet 30 years ago and we survived. All it takes is responsible corporate leadership to fix this problem.
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Re:One-Fifth of U.S. Beef Capacity Wiped Out by JBS Cyberattack by viraptor on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @06:45PM (#27362431)
Theory: running the same system in pre-internet style would add overhead in salaries and delays that's more costly than being down for a few weeks after a hack.
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