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East Coast Pipeline Down

brat_burner

Autocross Champion
Location
FL
Car(s)
Mk6
Don’t the Koch brothers own that line? Read it on some no name site, I’m willing to be corrected though.
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Keehs360

Autocross Champion
Location
Denver
Car(s)
Mk7.5
I read that the ransom got paid. This is bad right? I mean it's good that the pipeline is open...but this could open the door for it to keep happening.
In case of hospitals. Yeah. One pays. Another gets hacked. They pay. So forth and so on.
 

CaptainRatty

Autocross Champion
Location
Winston-Salem, NC
Car(s)
MK7 GTI
I read that the ransom got paid. This is bad right? I mean it's good that the pipeline is open...but this could open the door for it to keep happening.
Unfortunately because the downtime is so costly, the recommendation is often to just pay the ransom and get it over with as soon as possible.
 

Keehs360

Autocross Champion
Location
Denver
Car(s)
Mk7.5
Yep. I spent some time at NORAD and Cheyenne - I have the coffee cup to prove it.

There are still some commercial aviation systems that are running DOS - actually pretty secure.
Bro I’ve worked on the various stinger systems, patriot and Nike Hercules. What are we doing 😂
 

cb1111

Newbie
Location
Virginia, USA
Bro I’ve worked on the various stinger systems, patriot and Nike Hercules. What are we doing 😂
Actually, from a security standpoint, the old systems are better. The problem is the vast amount of money required to keep those ancient systems working. But these clowns were using an old modern system (I think Win98) that was unpatched. I suspect they used a common password too.
 

Keehs360

Autocross Champion
Location
Denver
Car(s)
Mk7.5
Actually, from a security standpoint, the old systems are better. The problem is the vast amount of money required to keep those ancient systems working. But these clowns were using an old modern system (I think Win98) that was unpatched. I suspect they used a common password too.
I can tell u stories but can't since I didn't even have the proper security clearance to know of these stories in the first place 🤣
 
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