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They always point to a state actor to skirt liability for their own shitty IT work. Then the dim evil journalists swallow it whole, later regurgitating it for
by krautburglar 2mo ago
They always point to a state actor to skirt liability for their own shitty IT work. Then the dim evil journalists swallow it whole, later regurgitating it for their eager little baby bird subscribers.
If there were actual penalties for rawdogging a PLC (or any other control system) on the internet, shit like this wouldn’t happen.
- dylan604 2mo ago<adjustsTinFoilHat> The Trump plan in Iran is not working. Gotta make them look like the evil bogeyman to get people to support further action.
- krautburglar 2mo agoIran is beside the point. There is always a convenient bogeyman: China, Russia, North Korea… They sow discord between peoples to cover-up the ineptitude of domestic institutional assholes.
- garciasn 2mo agoBlacks. Homosexuals. Communists. Islamics. Hispanics. Liberals. Intellectuals. There’s always an other. That’s what the Republicans have been doing for decades.
- zahlman 2mo ago> There’s always an other. That’s what the [group I definitely don't belong to] have been doing for decades. Please reconsider your logic. And: > Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.
- garciasn 2mo ago[flagged]
- danaris 2mo agoSorry, this is just plain facts, and anyone who doesn't understand that at this point is clearly trying to avoid cognitive dissonance. Or they have their heads terminally in the sand.
- zahlman 2mo agoYes; it is a fact that the post I was complaining about was in violation of HN guidelines, and a fact that it demonstrated the same behaviour it accused others of.
- krautburglar 2mo agoIrrational reach. The Blacks! hacked our firewall! Those darn Hispanics! exfiltrated customer data! F\*\*ing Liberals! hijacked the PLC for pump 3! ...said no one ever.
- garciasn 2mo agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/us/politics/trump-minnesota-iran-cyberattack-walz.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/us/politics/trump-minneso...
- Aurornis 2mo agoThis conspiracy theory would make more sense if he wasn’t working so hard to divert blame away from Iran: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/31/trump-minnesota-water-hacks-iran-01021161 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/31/trump-minnesota-wat... > “I blame it on Minnesota because they are grossly incompetent,” Trump said at a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, adding that Walz is “corrupt” and “Iran has bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota.” Asked later if he could rule out Iranian responsibility, Trump said, “ I don’t think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think Minnesota ought to get its act together.”
- garciasn 2mo agoAs if it were only Minnesota. But his base doesn’t pay attention to details.
- zahlman 2mo agoThe rest of the thread demonstrates well enough that flagging would have been a better response than trying to engage with it factually. But I do appreciate the attempt anyway.
- krautburglar 2mo agoIn this case, I think the chomo-in-chief is correct. If those utilities had done their jobs right, Iran couldn’t touch them.