I think the military commissary's freezers were hacked

Post by wbl » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC

ceejayoz wrote: post #136

wbl wrote: post #133

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You'll notice that the aircraft carrier continues sortie generation. What's causing us to lose is failure to achieve victory due to the means employed not the enemy constraining our freedom of action through force. Not to say it's great: it sucks to be on the ship for this, but if Hezbollah murdered 3,000 Americans the shortage wouldn't make the news amid our invading Iran.

> You'll notice that the aircraft carrier continues sortie generation. No, it doesn't. It's now in Thailand for R&R, then back to base in the US, because of this issue. https://apnews.com/article/thailand-singapore-us-aircraft-ca... > What's causing us to lose is failure to achieve victory due to the means employed… Right. We're being too restrained. That's some Vietnam War era cope you're huffing.

Post by vkou » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC

Terr_ wrote: post #159

0xWTF wrote: post #130

This is eerily suggestive of a vulnerability Hank Paulson hinted at in his 2014 book "Dealing with China" "Every nonelectric cooler comes with 25 years of free real-time monitoring. On a visit to the company in the spring of 2012, I watched as technicians in Broad Air’s space-age control room checked on the performance of its units in locations as diverse as the Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport in Spain; Qualcomm…

America's tech-sector has a similar problem, which--until recently--was tempered by the idea that it was a dependable and predictable ally to most of its customers. Not just in the sense of secretive kill-switches, but "US government commands you to turn over this encryption key and you're not allowed to say you did so" stuff.

Post by lazyasciiart » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 2:52 AM UTC

wbl wrote: post #161

ceejayoz wrote: post #136

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> You'll notice that the aircraft carrier continues sortie generation. No, it doesn't. It's now in Thailand for R&R, then back to base in the US, because of this issue. https://apnews.com/article/thailand-singapore-us-aircraft-ca... > What's causing us to lose is failure to achieve victory due to the means employed… Right. We're being too restrained. That's some Vietnam War era cope you're huffing.

In the Vietnam war the US didn't win because it couldn't, no matter how much force was employed. Here same thing: we can't depose the Iranian government without a land invasion (which is too costly) and nothing else keeps them from having control of the strait.

Post by lenerdenator » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:43 AM UTC

crote wrote: post #114

lenerdenator wrote: post #85

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That someone can be brought into an office and shown a small diagram of the approved network topology. Then they can be shown a small diagram of the current network topology. Next, they can be asked if they're the same. If they're not, they can finally be asked if they're aware that deviating from the approved network topology without consulting infosec is grounds for termination of their employment.

You're assuming that it'll be noticed at all , and that the person noticing cares enough about it to make a big deal out of it - likely involving several layers of management. In reality it'll likely first be noticed ten years down the line, by someone who lets out a big sigh, mutters something about "incompetent dipshits not updating documentation", and moves on with their day.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:47 AM UTC

lazyasciiart wrote: post #166

fn-mote wrote: post #137

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> if Hezbollah murdered 3,000 Americans the shortage wouldn't make the news ?? What does this even mean? It seems to come out of nowhere. Is it a reference to some event??

It's roughly how many Americans died in September 11.