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Are Iranian hackers an actual threat? Or is threat being overstated for propaganda? It's a genuine question, please don't start a flame war.
by buzzwords 4y ago
Are Iranian hackers an actual threat? Or is threat being overstated for propaganda?
It's a genuine question, please don't start a flame war.
- kube-system 4y agoRansomware is an actual threat. The fact that it can originate in Iran doesn't necessarily mean that it is more dangerous than ransomware from anywhere else.
- khoobid_shoma 4y agoPropaganda
- orange_joe 4y agohow is this being overstated? It's fairly neutral toned story being published in a highly specific trade journal.
- Veserv 4y agoIndividual hackers of minimal skill are a threat to the IT infrastructure used by every organization in the US, so yes. If you mean is there a differential danger relative to other potential threats, then no.
- feet 4y agoMy interpretation of your statement is that organizations in the US don't care about security and do the bare minimum to secure their systems, if anything at all Sounds accurate, sadly
- deburo 4y ago>in the US honestly it seems that nobody cares about it, carelessness is not limited to the US sadly
- undeIays 4y agoThat is a correct interpretation.
- citrin_ru 4y agoWhy should they care if even massive customer data leaks have little effect on market capitalisation?
- feet 4y agoSounds like a job for regulators
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> is threat being overstated for propaganda? In the insurance journal?
- koheripbal 4y agoAs someone who works in insurance, I'm not clear about the implication of your comment. This is a pretty quantitative industry.
- pksebben 4y agoany sales-based industry is suspect in this way, though.
- boomboomsubban 4y agoThis is an AP story reprinted by insurance journal, see https://apnews.com/article/technology-iran-violence-new-jersey-united-states-76c970bd4f1cdac3dc6bffa7ce925961 https://apnews.com/article/technology-iran-violence-new-jers...
- pkrotich 4y agoNo, obviously it’s “somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.” [0] /s [0] - https://www.engadget.com/2016-09-30-wanted-one-400-lb-hacker-or-maybe-five-tiny-ones.html https://www.engadget.com/2016-09-30-wanted-one-400-lb-hacker...
- wefarrell 4y agoMy mother runs a healthcare center that had a ransomware attack from Iranian hackers during the pandemic. For a few days during the peak of the pandemic their IT systems stopped working and it impacted operations. I think it was a common practice to wait for an opportune crisis to strike. That probably resulted in more people dying from the pandemic.