tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post743328051171697155..comments2024-03-28T04:52:18.318-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Computer attack wrecks steel millBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-80671355155133695112015-01-14T17:35:32.271-05:002015-01-14T17:35:32.271-05:00Indeed. Airgapping is the only way to be sure. Indeed. Airgapping is the only way to be sure. Keadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-57934180948061235442015-01-14T11:17:43.870-05:002015-01-14T11:17:43.870-05:00It's very possible that things have changed in...It's very possible that things have changed in the intervening years, but POS systems were - and probably are even more so, now - inextricably linked to inventory, ordering, and financial systems within the enterprise. That's the what the designers came up with to, in real time, tie a customer purchase to shelf replenishment, which means subcontractor/supplier build/ship, and costing. <br /><br />Which works just fine as long as no one gets malicious with it. I suspect we'll start seeing new systems designed with "sally port firewalling" <i>a la</i> INM's old ISS remote access, and resultant growth in intermediate proofing servers. <br /><br />Much money to be made in IT, methinks, especially once the next couple of big hacks become widely known (as if Target and Home Depot weren't big enough....)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-32914278939678787792015-01-14T10:12:58.702-05:002015-01-14T10:12:58.702-05:00makes you wonder at the motives of the people doin...makes you wonder at the motives of the people doing the hacking. Just practicing for something bigger? Grudge against the company? Bordom? Market competitor? If just being sociopathic and destroying stuff for the fun of it, they need to be put to sleep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-33833910973823604992015-01-14T08:20:16.346-05:002015-01-14T08:20:16.346-05:00Concur... And our 'infrastructure' is y mu...Concur... And our 'infrastructure' is y much wide open... as are these 'smart' homes...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com