hackers breaking into a water treatment plant and very nearly poisoning an entire town by messing with the chemical levels is about the level of dystopia I was expecting from smart devices
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Feb 8, 2021 · 9:15 PM UTC

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And to think @neuralink wants to put the IoT in your head...
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Most use windows xp still, not that shocking.
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I was just waiting for your comment on this!
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Wait, did they "hack" into the system, or did they physically break in and push some buttons on a workstation?
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Ethan Bennett 🌷🌸 @EthanB00
8 Feb 2021
You know the local government procurement team just HAD to have GUI for their water treatment system...and that GUI just HAD to be accessible via remote desktop (probs via some shit windows server 2008). the level of incompetence in local government IT is staggering.
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Have you read "Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution" by @peterwsinger and @august_cole yet? I highly recommend it. Apropos to this.
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“Florida Man completes online degree in computer science; kills entire town.”
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It's kind of more boring - it isn't even hacking smart devices. It sounds from the story like they took control of a computer that has access to the software that controls the devices, and someone saw the mouse moving and the values changing.
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@HeathRaftery - this is exactly the question I asked at the IOT Pioneers security night!
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It's kind of satisfying to know that, at least in part, the world really is as fucked up as we all suspected.
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