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While not downplaying it, It was probably around 70% "human hacking" and only 30% computer\hardware hacking.

by yonixw 6y ago

benja123 6y ago
For me that makes it all the more interesting. I would assume that most of the people that work at those facilities are subject to intense security checks and surveillance. Despite that someone is able to either convince or trick some of the workers to do something that comes at a huge personal risk. Human hacking is no less interesting than software/hardware hacking
- emayljames 6y ago
  The soft spots are always blackmail, extortion and threats. Once they have people in one of these positions, they have a lot of leverage.
marcosdumay 6y ago
On something like this, I expect the "human hacking" to be much harder, and the "everything is broken" nature of computing to be nearly unchanged. So I expect it to be computer hacking at any place where it's possible, and human hacking only to run around theoretically unbeatable protections (like air-gaps).
dogma1138 6y ago
Human hacking in a police state with no diplomatic mission for cover and where nearly every foreigner is surveilled from the moment they enter makes this even more remarkable. The fact that western intelligence agencies and especially the Israelis managed to develop a network of assets in Iran is marvel of tradecraft.
- gerash 6y ago
  I remember a while ago some disgruntled folk at US army base started shooting at and killing a group of other army men. In other instances some folks were radicalized online and killed a bunch of random citizens. US has top notch intelligence. A lot of Israel operations are done through recruiting and paying dissidents. Iran is a big country and their rulers have made many internal enemies and aren't that competent in general. Israel is just using this weakness to incur as much damage it can either to the infrastructure or by killing civilians (eg. scientists being exploded in front of their homes) without any apparent consequence from the so called "free world". So should we celebrate how those who radicalized these mass shooters online have such sophisticated cyber capabilities?
koheripbal 6y ago
This is a baseless guess.

While not downplaying it, It was probably around 70% "human hacking" and only 30% computer\hardware hacking.

by yonixw 6y ago

While not downplaying it, It was probably around 70% "human hacking" and only 30% computer\hardware hacking.

For me that makes it all the more interesting. I would assume that most of the people that work at those facilities are subject to intense security checks and surveillance. Despite that someone is able to either convince or trick some of the workers to do something that comes at a huge personal risk. Human hacking is no less interesting than software/hardware hacking

emayljames 6y ago
The soft spots are always blackmail, extortion and threats. Once they have people in one of these positions, they have a lot of leverage.

marcosdumay 6y ago

On something like this, I expect the "human hacking" to be much harder, and the "everything is broken" nature of computing to be nearly unchanged. So I expect it to be computer hacking at any place where it's possible, and human hacking only to run around theoretically unbeatable protections (like air-gaps).

dogma1138 6y ago

Human hacking in a police state with no diplomatic mission for cover and where nearly every foreigner is surveilled from the moment they enter makes this even more remarkable. The fact that western intelligence agencies and especially the Israelis managed to develop a network of assets in Iran is marvel of tradecraft.

gerash 6y ago
I remember a while ago some disgruntled folk at US army base started shooting at and killing a group of other army men. In other instances some folks were radicalized online and killed a bunch of random citizens. US has top notch intelligence. A lot of Israel operations are done through recruiting and paying dissidents. Iran is a big country and their rulers have made many internal enemies and aren't that competent in general. Israel is just using this weakness to incur as much damage it can either to the infrastructure or by killing civilians (eg. scientists being exploded in front of their homes) without any apparent consequence from the so called "free world". So should we celebrate how those who radicalized these mass shooters online have such sophisticated cyber capabilities?

koheripbal 6y ago

This is a baseless guess.