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Re:Massachusetts Steamship Authority hit by ransomware attac... by WalterBright on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @07:49PM (#27375430)
The odds of hitting the secondary are zero if you've got a hardware write enable switch!

One thing you could do is get one of those mechanical lamp timer clocks from the hardware store, and have it turn the power on/off the network card on schedule.

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Re:Massachusetts Steamship Authority hit by ransomware attac... by mjevans on Thursday June 03, 2021 @02:36AM (#27377890)
I am now seeing a grandma style light timer device used to turn off and on a cheep switch.
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Re:Massachusetts Steamship Authority hit by ransomware attac... by WalterBright on Thursday June 03, 2021 @05:30AM (#27378883)
Oh you could find an expensive way to do it, but the idea is the same.
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