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Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

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Re: Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

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Post by GauntletWizard »

NuclearPM wrote: post #10
bdhdhduuyd wrote: post #6

So they bought the cameras and some people pointed out they look exactly the same as Russian cameras. The government denied this but after they figured out the serial numbers matched the Russian cameras they started this investigation. Good they investigated this before using them, but this sounds like a big fu...

A big what?

A big fuck-up, but some people prefer (nobly even if I don't abide by the same rule) to keep some words out of their mouths.

Re: Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

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Post by bdhdhduuyd »

victorbjorklund wrote: post #3
irishcoffee wrote: post #2

Next up, chinese solar inverter firmware.

To do what? Turn off the power in random individual houses?

To set roofs on fire?

In the end it's all about trust. Right now I don't see why China would like to burn down their market.

Re: Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

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Post by bdhdhduuyd »

NuclearPM wrote: post #10
bdhdhduuyd wrote: post #6

So they bought the cameras and some people pointed out they look exactly the same as Russian cameras. The government denied this but after they figured out the serial numbers matched the Russian cameras they started this investigation. Good they investigated this before using them, but this sounds like a big fu...

A big what?

fuck up

Re: Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

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Post by wongarsu »

victorbjorklund wrote: post #3
irishcoffee wrote: post #2

Next up, chinese solar inverter firmware.

To do what? Turn off the power in random individual houses?

I'd be worried about the inverters in large commercial solar plants. On a sunny day you could easily cause a blackout by turning enough solar capacity off at once. Maybe shut down the entire grid when the sudden power imbalances trip the self- protection in half the grid. That's a pain to recover from. Spain went through that not too long ago

But maybe rapidly switching residential solar on and off in a coordinated way can also do funny things to grid equipment

Re: Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

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Post by cyanydeez »

bdhdhduuyd wrote: post #12
victorbjorklund wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To do what? Turn off the power in random individual houses?

To set roofs on fire? In the end it's all about trust. Right now I don't see why China would like to burn down their market.

guys, do we need to reinvent the same Hanlon razor but for capitalism: Dont attribute to malice that which can easily be explained by capitalism?

Re: Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

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Post by randoot »

victorbjorklund wrote: post #3
irishcoffee wrote: post #2

Next up, chinese solar inverter firmware.

To do what? Turn off the power in random individual houses?

DDoS, anonymizer proxy, and turn off power in large commercial installations. They kinda deserve it for investing in solar. US holds all the power in social media, can't blame China if they want to utilize their lead in solar for something too.

Hopefully mutually assured annoyance keeps everyone at bay.

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