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Iran-backed hackers claim wiper attack on medtech firm Stryker

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Post by LEDThereBeLight »

samrus wrote: post #127
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #102

I wonder if there was some confusion between Stryker the Army infantry vehicle and Stryker the medtech company. It seems a really weird target for Iran otherwise.

Medtech company males complete sense. Iran's strategy seems to be to tighten the screws on US citizens so they put pressure on the government to stop the war. They seem to be doing that with things like higher gas prices, and now delays at hospitals with this stryker hit Makes sense given that US citizens tend not to be too supportive of american wars, but tolerate them because it doesnt really affect them. So iran c…

It it was the case, Iran underestimates how vindictive Americans are.

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Post by wutwutwat »

SpaceL10n wrote: post #113
jacquesm wrote: post #85

I'm trying to imagine the kind of response the USA would inflict on a country that wiped a girls school stateside.

Yep. And when it happens, I'm not even going to be mad. We deserve it for making such a grave mistake.

Innocent people never "deserve it", anywhere in the world, have some tact. IMO you should still be mad as hell, at the right people

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Post by b112 »

I absolutely think there should be ramifications for such acts.

What I find bizarre, is that China and Russia do this daily, and "oh well". If such states sent over people to, you know, do damage using a bomb instead of a hack, there'd be trouble. As in, two towers were damaged, and it set off 20 years of war ... mostly against the wrong states.

Yet if you cause death via subtle means, such as reducing hospital infra, or attack and destroy infra via hacking, meh. Oh well!

This sort of falls inline with all other compute issues that appear before all elected bodies on the planet. An immense lack of understanding and comprehension, coupled with an inability to act.

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Post by strict9 »

It appears personal devices were also impacted by this via Microsoft Intune. That app is presented to employees as a way to get their email/slack on their personal device without giving IT systems access to it.

IT systems around the country say that they have no access to your personal data and there they can only block access to Intune apps.

But the linked reddit thread[1] in this article notes personal devices getting wiped and locked out.

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1rqopq0/stry...

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Post by s5300 »

b112 wrote: post #153

I absolutely think there should be ramifications for such acts. What I find bizarre, is that China and Russia do this daily, and "oh well". If such states sent over people to, you know, do damage using a bomb instead of a hack, there'd be trouble. As in, two towers were damaged, and it set off 20 years of war ... mostly against the wrong states. Yet if you cause death via subtle means, such as reducing hospital infra…

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Post by bathtub365 »

pjc50 wrote: post #123
heraldgeezer wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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All the Linux kernel development work is organized around a mailing list, and some private IRC chats for the core people. It's the technology of the nineties but it works for them. A lot of corporate stuff seems to be much worse than even a random vibe coded web app. I have to book holiday through something called "HR Connect", watching pages load laboriously and redirect every login through several very long URLs. S…

The Linux kernel development work isn’t a corporation

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Post by DANmode »

strict9 wrote: post #155

It appears personal devices were also impacted by this via Microsoft Intune. That app is presented to employees as a way to get their email/slack on their personal device without giving IT systems access to it. IT systems around the country say that they have no access to your personal data and there they can only block access to Intune apps. But the linked reddit thread[1] in this article notes personal devices gett…

MDM enrollment has colloquially meant your device could be wiped for the security|incompetency of your firm for quite some time.

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Post by WD-42 »

b112 wrote: post #153

I absolutely think there should be ramifications for such acts. What I find bizarre, is that China and Russia do this daily, and "oh well". If such states sent over people to, you know, do damage using a bomb instead of a hack, there'd be trouble. As in, two towers were damaged, and it set off 20 years of war ... mostly against the wrong states. Yet if you cause death via subtle means, such as reducing hospital infra…

Well their country is currently being bombed, curious what additional ramifications you’d like to see?
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