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So .. - should I be depressed at how shoddy our infrastructure is - elated that despite the low hanging fruit of these vulnerabilities, they aren't exploited
by jonnycomputer 5y ago
So ..
- should I be depressed at how shoddy our infrastructure is
- elated that despite the low hanging fruit of these
vulnerabilities, they aren't exploited nearly as often or as devastatingly as they could be
- micromacrofoot 5y agoThe payoff isn’t worth the risk, you could at best get what? a thousand bucks of free gas? downside is federal prison alternatively you can phish a credit card without leaving your house and get a way better return for lower exposure
- seanp2k2 5y agoyea; card skimmers are more appealing because stealing gas requires physical presence of a heavy and hazardous substance. CC skimmers require a 10-second installation then they just send CCs via cell networks for a week or until they're discovered. Do it right and they're basically untraceable, and the stolen CCs can be charged for thousands per skimmer.
- astura 5y agoI'd imagine the scammers would just pay some homeless guy or illegal immigrant to actually steal the gas rather than doing it themselves. Same as money mules.
- oliv__ 5y agoWould be funny if someone figured out a way to remotely set all gas pumps in the country to "release mode" simultaneously: I'm sure this would make for a memorable experience.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y agoShort term, for the consumer that sounds entertaining. Long term, I can think of no good outcomes. Stations go bankrupt, government bailouts with money from where? Etc
- oliv__ 5y agoWell yeah, I was saying this in a tongue in cheek manner, it would definitely be pretty bad for all those businesses
- xyst 5y agoGoing bankrupt is a bit extreme in my opinion. A gas line company was infiltrated and held for ransom last year (Colonial Pipeline), yet they are still up and running. In the end, gas went up a couple of cents nationwide if I recall correctly (might have been limited to the east coast?). Company is still in business. The only people that were really hurt was the Main Street.
- hedora 5y agoI'm guessing most gas station attendants would either hit the emergency stop button (which is big and red and physically cuts power), or put up signs asking people to record start and stop gallons and pay inside.
- copperx 5y ago"put up signs asking people to record start and stop gallons and pay inside" a.k.a. "pay whatever you want".
- xyst 5y agoIt would be entertaining. But it wouldn't hurt the O&G companies. The gas is already paid for by the gas stations at X price. Arbitrarily lowering it to $0.01/gal does not do anything but hurt the local gas station owner or piss off minimum wage worker(s) dealing with the fallout.
- wincy 5y agoAre they really minimum wage workers? The gas station near my house starts at $16 an hour at this point.
- FireBeyond 5y agoWhere I am, that is nearly minimum wage ($15/hr).
- robocat 5y ago> a thousand bucks of free gas? You could set up payments via anonymous cryptocurrency. From article: “At the time of the study, Kaspersky said around 29% of gas stations in India, and 27% in the US were connected to the Internet.”. That had the potential for a lot more than $1000 before getting fixed, although you would want your opsec to be pretty good.
- _3u10 5y agoExactly. You have to drive up with plates that identify where the car is from. You ain’t stealing shit, unless you already stole the car in which case steal the guys wallet too. Gas and dash isn’t a new idea.
- jonnycomputer 5y agoReading the article it seemed like there was more potential vulnerabilities than free gas.