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> so it is understandable that it was called that in the absence of additional information no it isn't; the attackers have that information and could have look

> so it is understandable that it was called that in the absence of additional information no it isn't; the attackers have that information and could have looked it up if they didn't. "John Deere" is three things: a company, a brand/trademark of that company, and a dead person whom the company and trademark are named after. none of those things can be jailbroken. all I am trying to say is that "jailbroken a John Deere" makes zero sense on its own, and doesn't convey any useful information on its own. THATS ALL IM TRYING TO SAY

randomdata 4y ago
> the attackers have that information and could have looked it up if they didn't. The Tweet was clearly not written by the attacker... The attacker did reply with the exact model of the device later on. Trying to figure out what you're looking at while live-tweeting a presentation isn't exactly easy. Us farmers might have recognized it right away, but the CEO of iFixit is decidedly not a farmer. These are not common devices outside of niche uses. If you want detailed information, maybe don't turn to something that is being reported as it is happening through a short messaging service? > all I am trying to say is that "jailbroken a John Deere" makes zero sense on its own, and doesn't convey any useful information on its own. It might not make sense on its own, but it wasn't stated on its own. It accompanied photos of the device in question. You know full well from context what "John Deere" means in this case; at very least you can discern it is some kind of computing device made by John Deere. The "Turns out our entire food system is built on outdated, unpatched Linux and Windows CE hardware with LTE modems." part of the Tweet was far more ridiculous.