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>"It's not always obvious what is a critical system. I mean it was a semi-important sub-system of a bigger company, not something where you would assume it coul
by bogomipz 4y ago
>"It's not always obvious what is a critical system. I mean it was a semi-important sub-system of a bigger company, not something where you would assume it could cause a national impact."
Why would you not assume it was something that could cause national impact when cutting through fiber cables was the very thing that impacted rail travel for Deutsche Bahn 4 months ago in Northern Germany?[1]
DB uses GSM-R(Global System for Mobile Communications Railway)which has fiber backhaul at regular intervals along the tracks.[2]
Given the incident in October is still fresh in memory surely there should have been a heightened awareness to this.
[1] https://archive.is/oOPcp https://archive.is/oOPcp
[2] https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/article/1088/current-gsm-r-situation-in-germany/ https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/article/1088/current-gsm...
- PurpleRamen 4y agoYou really think 4 Months is enough time to check all your system for unlikely problems outside your control, redesign them, implement and execute it, and even convince your boss to waste all the money for something which in the worst case will cost most likely less than a solution for preventing it? All assuming that it's even possible to have a solution for every potential problem.
- bogomipz 4y agoYou don't need to check all your systems just the area where you are deploying bulldozers and backhoes into. Further enumerating all base stations and their geo coordinates in a GSM network is trivial.