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Ramsonware?
by SMAAART 5y ago
Ramsonware?
- echelon 5y agoImagine a foreign adversary attacking flights in midair. Or shutting down energy, transportation, distribution, etc. We rapidly need to reframe our security posture.
- faeyanpiraat 5y agoIOT could be a big issue which looks like a solution to something actually noone wanted. Like that twitter acc that collects stuff like a shoe that needs firmware updates
- ketzo 5y ago@internetofshit for the curious. some pretty goofy stuff.
- mrandish 5y ago> Imagine a foreign adversary attacking flights in midair. It would suck to have IT systems intentionally disrupted but I don't think even modern airliners can plausibly fall out of the sky even if they suddenly lose contact with all ground based systems. I think there are procedures in place even if air-traffic control systems, comms or GPS fail. Last time I checked, pilots can still fly the plane with their eyeballs, on-board radar, compass and ground speed. In fact, I recently saw an article where some senior safety pilot was concerned that with all the nifty automation, today's pilots aren't getting enough practice doing, you know, actual flying of the airplane.
- awb 5y agoSure, but if you don’t use a skill you lose it. There’s a lot of math I aced in school with pencil and paper that I’ve done for years since with a calculator that would be much harder for me now than it was when I originally learned the skill.
- bombcar 5y agoI’m 99% sure that losing the automatic systems would immediately result in the situation foretold here: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/05/15 https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/05/15
- zmmmmm 5y ago> suddenly lose contact with all ground based systems isn't that one of the more benign scenarios? staying connected but getting fed malicious incorrect info seems much more dangerous.
- pstuart 5y agoWe need to reframe the incentives to reframe our security posture.
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