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Re:The Life of MS-DOS by tored on Sunday February 13, 2022 @08:36PM (#30327508)
To my knowledge the targeted PLC lacked any form of protection when infected.
Re:The Life of MS-DOS by ok123456 on Sunday February 13, 2022 @10:56PM (#30328211)
It spread first as windows worm that exploited several 0-days. If the host didn't have the Siemens PLC device drivers with a configuration that matched the exact configuration of what they were expecting for the centrifuges, they payload was dormant and it just replicated. Only if it matched would it patch the PLC's programming upon re-connection to fake reporting that the speed was normal while it was actually spinning out of control.
Re:The Life of MS-DOS by tored on Monday February 14, 2022 @04:02AM (#30329855)
Thus the security model of DOS is still a problem even without internet connection.
Re:The Life of MS-DOS by ok123456 on Monday February 14, 2022 @02:14PM (#30336795)
Thus window's security theater did nothing.
Re:The Life of MS-DOS by tored on Monday February 14, 2022 @05:16PM (#30339149)
You made a claim that it was unnecessary to have any security features on a non-network computer.

I have not made any claims about security features on a network computer.