Re: [PLUG] Not the wisest comment on the Colonial break-in

[jeffv via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On 5/10/21 10:50 AM, Floyd Johnson via plug wrote:

> the systems of Colonial Pipeline, my gut reaction was, "How does someone 
> hack a pipeline? Those aren't connected to any public networks, right?"
>
> (*braces for it*)

This has terrified me for years.
Things like this are kinda sorta somewhat important and they're not 
secured very well.


* regulations have been relaxed so trucks can help keep oil flowing



> This faintly reminded me of the difficulty we had setting up a Roomba a 
> few months ago due to its lack of WPA2 capability. With a moment to 

my brother just asked me about hooking up his lawn watering system and 
the safety implications.

1. why do you want to hook your watering system to the net?
2. don't


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