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If someone pwns your IOT device that's your problem. If someone pwns the SWIFT network, that's the financial system's problem. borrowed from... "If you owe th
by pjmorris 5y ago
If someone pwns your IOT device that's your problem. If someone pwns the SWIFT network, that's the financial system's problem.
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"If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem." - J. Paul Getty
- nradov 5y agoExcept that an adversary can use a large botnet of pwned consumer IoT devices to conduct DoS attacks against the financial system (and other critical infrastructure).
- alecco 5y agoThanks, that was the point I thought would be obvious for HN crowd. Also unprotected IoT devices provide ways to protect the attackers.
- namibj 5y agoSWIFT runs on dark fiber, or at least MPLS circuits, not the public internet.
- nradov 5y agoRight I didn't mean to imply that SWIFT itself was vulnerable to DoS attacks, just that other parts of the financial system could be disrupted.
- selfhoster11 5y agoIt has access points from the public internet too.