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The hack can infiltrate as well as exfiltrate data, thus allowing blackmail. (No, I'm not sure the word infiltrate can be used that way, but it should be)
by psychlops 5y ago
The hack can infiltrate as well as exfiltrate data, thus allowing blackmail.
(No, I'm not sure the word infiltrate can be used that way, but it should be)
- ben_w 5y agoExcellent point, I hadn’t even considered that. Anyone with write-access to an important system can corrupt it with whatever they like — invoices for nonexistent services or goods, falsely incriminating people for things they didn’t do, changing medical records in dangerous or profitable ways depending on motive… yeesh.
- rapjr9 5y agoThis is already happening. For example people steal medical records and use the data to get medical care for themselves and others, pretending to be the identity they have stolen. So false data gets into the medical record and can not by law be removed! So people are getting misdiagnosed due to false information in their medical records. It is very difficult to detect tampering in data, what is the objective truth you can compare to? In many circumstances the data itself is considered the basis of truth. So data tampering could already be widespread and the only time it is detected is when it causes someone problems and then it is likely considered a "computer error".