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I wonder if China has the capacity to do the equivalent or worse to an (perceived, or actual) adversary's infrastructure (electric grid, etc).
by eth0up 2y ago
I wonder if China has the capacity to do the equivalent or worse to an (perceived, or actual) adversary's infrastructure (electric grid, etc).
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> wonder if China has the capacity to do the equivalent If this is still a question of implanted explosives, it’s detectable. If it’s firmware spinning up, that’s far more troubling.
- eth0up 2y agoThe latter is certainly where I was alluding to, hence "worse". Although I might have written much worse.
- pzo 2y agoI'm not expert but does small amounts like this are really detectable in bulk? Even at the airport for some reason you have to remove all electronics and put in separate box.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoThe latest FDA Guidance on Cybersecurity requires that we show how we secure our device's software supply chain. Next time someone complains, I'm going to remind them of this attack.
- lenerdenator 2y agoAnd the person complaining will say "unless you can guarantee a greater than 50% chance of that happening in the period we're budgeting for, we're not going to bother with all of that work."
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> the person complaining will say "unless you can guarantee a greater than 50% chance of that happening in the period we're budgeting for, we're not going to bother with all of that work" If you've worked at a medical-device manufacturer, please blow a whistle. That isn't normal and could seriously hurt people. The reason it isn't a broad issue is the cost of approval revocation, or even suspension, is existential for many companies.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoThe explosives in the pagers were purportedly almost undetectable by any scanner. They could grind up a pager and do residue tests but now you don't have a pager.
- gmuslera 2y agoWonder if US have that capacity. So they think that if it is everywhere they can activate it at will on whoever they think is worthy, until a bug/mistake or backdoor is used to do that on everyone. Its the kind of elephants in the room stampede that you don't want to get caught in.