Why don't critical infrastructure networks use a different CRC-32 polynomial for their IP packets?
U.S.'s Biggest Gasoline Pipeline Halted After Cyberattack
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#132There’s nothing in this article indicating the operator has a recovery plan in place involving restoring backups to get these systems online. Seems grossly negligent on their behalf, and made almost satiric by the fact that Fireye can be mentioned without reference to their own massive security lapses. Too much focus always on the “hackers” and never the obvious security lapses solved by diverting executive pay to mo…
> There’s nothing in this article indicating the operator has a recovery plan in place involving restoring backups to get these systems online.
No one cares about that type of work that’s why. It’s ridiculous but true.
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#133I hope this ransomware called itself the Da Vinci virus? Because this sounds a whole lot like the plot of Hackers [1]. The greatest movie of all time, btw. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)
More movie recommendations please
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#134There’s nothing in this article indicating the operator has a recovery plan in place involving restoring backups to get these systems online. Seems grossly negligent on their behalf, and made almost satiric by the fact that Fireye can be mentioned without reference to their own massive security lapses. Too much focus always on the “hackers” and never the obvious security lapses solved by diverting executive pay to mo…
> There’s nothing in this article indicating the operator has a recovery plan in place involving restoring backups to get these systems online. No one cares about that type of work that’s why. It’s ridiculous but true.
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#135I hope this ransomware called itself the Da Vinci virus? Because this sounds a whole lot like the plot of Hackers [1]. The greatest movie of all time, btw. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)
More movie recommendations please
Not GP, but:
- The Godfather
- Chariots of Fire
- Dr. Strangelove
- Das Boot (original German version)
- About Time
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- Tron
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
IT is typically grossly understaffed and underfunded in these businesses. At the site-level, you'll see some very out of date tech running critical systems. IT is a cost-center to be reduced as much as possible, oversight is non-existent.
You always know you’re dealing with one of these companies when IT reports up into the CFO.
Could be worse, I saw IT reporting through HR once upon a time.
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#137I’d be curious to know how much ransom is being asked. Before Bitcoin something this big was impossible to try and pull off.
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#138I hope this ransomware called itself the Da Vinci virus? Because this sounds a whole lot like the plot of Hackers [1]. The greatest movie of all time, btw. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)
I know you play the game!
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#139Why don't critical infrastructure networks use a different CRC-32 polynomial for their IP packets?
Security through obscurity is not security
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#140All these attacks usually caused by two things, office macros and mimikatz.
Easier: Microsoft Windows