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Ts ts. Those people who think because they uncovered an idea (which wasnt even their) they also uncovered the possibility for the whole humanity to do a whole n
by zobzu 15y ago
Ts ts. Those people who think because they uncovered an idea (which wasnt even their) they also uncovered the possibility for the whole humanity to do a whole new range of stuff.
It's not even research material, its idea and concepts. And it's not concepts about physics, its pure 1+1 logic, no magic, no extremely hard to think of ideas. In fact, having read stuxnet I just wondered "wah, wasnt this done since ages anyway"?
And most knowledgeable people probably though that too.
- pyre 15y agoAttacking industrial systems is not something that 'just any' hacker can do. Not necessarily due to the skill involved, but just because getting access to a system or the software that runs on the system may not be trivial (unlike, say, getting a pirated -- or legit -- copy of Windows). The gist of this guy's argument seems to be that industrial systems aren't being patched fast enough to plug the holes that stuxnet used. Until these systems are all fully patched, anyone looking at stuxnet can exploit those holes without needing to gain access to the software these systems are running (to find new exploits).