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"Watershed moments" are those that cause everyone to take something seriously instead of beliving it couldn't happen to them. It's about people's reactions.
by willvarfar 9y ago
"Watershed moments" are those that cause everyone to take something seriously instead of beliving it couldn't happen to them. It's about people's reactions.
- freehunter 9y agoI still think we're a long way out from the real "watershed" moment, and I say that as a lifelong security engineer. Nothing fundamental changed after Stuxnet. Nothing fundamental is changing from this. Nothing fundamental changed after Target, Home Depot, Equifax, nothing. We're still vulnerable to the exact same types of attacks in the exact same way, saved only by the fact that easier targets exist to draw away the attention of attackers. These "watershed" attacks only happen when someone specifically wants to go after that target as opposed to just any target. We've been at cyber WWIII for a long time, nation-state attackers are nothing new. Problem is, loss of life is the only reason we have any reservations at all about attacking other nations. Until cyber war ends the life of a Western media-friendly victim, we will continue not caring. Actual human casualties will be the real watershed moment.
- PeterisP 9y agoThis isn't a watershed - Stuxnet kind of was, but the people who didn't start to take it seriously after Stuxnet will still believe it won't happen to them after this case.