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Sweeping cyberattack on water systems in multiple states has US officials on edge (www.cnn.com)
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[โ€“] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 42 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

LOL why are those systems even exposed to the internet? This is fucking inane, making sure those systems can't connect to the internet is basic security, and whoever decided to cut corners here should get fired, sued, sentenced and fined, all of this into eternity because their decision was fucking braindead. VPNs are NOT a new technology.

[โ€“] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Seriously, you can setup VPNs to only allow specific trusted devices. With critical infrastructure it should be a whitelist only security model.

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