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Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

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Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

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Post by wtcactus »

Will this be the time that EU grows a spine and comes together to oppose Russia?

Naaa, better continue to have Germany and France continue to destroy the Union by looking only at their self interests while they pretend to talk tough on Trump and sabotage any real internal changes so that they can keep their crumbs.

Just this week, France’s meddling halted a deal that was 30 years in the making: Mercosul while their president, in all his virtue signaling went on Davos to pretend to have the moral upper hand on the USA.

We’re a union of hypocrites. And France and Germany are the worst of them.

Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

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Post by v_iter »

wtcactus wrote: post #81

Will this be the time that EU grows a spine and comes together to oppose Russia? Naaa, better continue to have Germany and France continue to destroy the Union by looking only at their self interests while they pretend to talk tough on Trump and sabotage any real internal changes so that they can keep their crumbs. Just this week, France’s meddling halted a deal that was 30 years in the making: Mercosul while their p…

Yes, but how could that be solved? To solve this issue you'd have to significantly reduce the sovereignty of the EU member states, which some, especially Poland will oppose fiercely. But on the other had, without some coherent cooperation and responses, Europe will be chewed up country at a time by Russia, and maybe in the future by China.

Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

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Post by crowfunder »

msuniverse2026 wrote: post #63
general1465 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Poland is a major logistical hub for everything going towards Ukraine. Thus targeting basic infrastructure like energy grid or railroad have to be expected. On the bright side, using these weapon grade malware is burning exploits and also showing current state and techniques of Russian cyberwarfare which defender can learn a lot from.

Interesting that Russia still hasn't targeted the bridges going into Ukraine from Poland for some reason.

There were cases of railway sabotage.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp85g86x0zgo

Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

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Post by brabel »

dijit wrote: post #7
breve wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Russia is at war with Europe.

before anyone jumps on the pedantry bandwagon, its worth noting that even though open war hasn’t been called: the attacks on infrastructure especially cyber warfare is extremely active and, crucially, direct. It is totally fair to say that in a digital context, Russia is absolutely at war with Europe. As far as I can tell, they don’t even try to hide it.

Europe is the main supplier of weapons to Ukraine which is in actual war with Russia. Of course Russia is at war with Europe, the only reason bombs are not falling in Poland and Germany is that Russia wouldn’t have the capability to defend itself against retaliation. Do people really believe their countries can openly take sides in a war and not be targeted??

Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

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Post by askvictor »

TheDauthi wrote: post #41

My first pass through the title was "Those windshield wipers shouldn't need to be internet-connected." Thankfully, the article did clear that up, but the fact that my brain didn't even think, "that's a stupid idea that no one would buy that" is a bit depressing.

But then how would you alert people that their wiper blades are wearing down, and automatically ship them new ones?

Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

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Post by brabel »

RealityVoid wrote: post #78
throw310822 wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Did you actually read all the posts pointing this and all the _other_ aggressive actions Russia is taking against the EU? Regardless, Russia is a bully and sticking your head in the sand won't make them go away.

[flagged]

Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

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Post by Propelloni »

askvictor wrote: post #86
TheDauthi wrote: post #41

My first pass through the title was "Those windshield wipers shouldn't need to be internet-connected." Thankfully, the article did clear that up, but the fact that my brain didn't even think, "that's a stupid idea that no one would buy that" is a bit depressing.

But then how would you alert people that their wiper blades are wearing down, and automatically ship them new ones?

Well, obviously, your car can count cycles on the electromotor moving the wipers. Then you apply statistical wear and tear, maybe even geofenced, and your car orders new wipers. Same with tires. Simple as pie ;)

BTW, I would have zero interest in that feature.

Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

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Post by lucketone »

throw310822 wrote: post #64
Zagitta wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're conveniently omitting these all happened in response to the full scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. But thanks for proving the point about Russia's disinformation war.

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Chamberlain decided not to join the war, look what that resulted in.
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