Cyberattacks are hitting water and wastewater systems “throughout the United States” and state governments and water facilities must improve their defenses against the threat, the White House and Environmental Protection Agency warned US governors on Tuesday.
There are a staggering number of SCADA systems open to the general internet, with basically no protection. They stay that way largely because adding a layer of security like a VPN connection requires a ton of red tape.
Hopefully this forces some people to re-evaluate their stance
All Americans should be ecstatic that hundreds of billions of their tax dollars have gone to “intelligence” agency (aka private enterprises who operate outside democracy and the rule of law) dragnet collection of humanity’s personal data, and surveillance capitalism, instead of … securing and protecting their information systems — the primary purpose for their entire existence.
There are a staggering number of SCADA systems open to the general internet, with basically no protection. They stay that way largely because adding a layer of security like a VPN connection requires a ton of red tape.
Hopefully this forces some people to re-evaluate their stance
All Americans should be ecstatic that hundreds of billions of their tax dollars have gone to “intelligence” agency (aka private enterprises who operate outside democracy and the rule of law) dragnet collection of humanity’s personal data, and surveillance capitalism, instead of … securing and protecting their information systems — the primary purpose for their entire existence.
SCADA systems get a ton of state oversight. Auditors would be all over this in any state that gives a damn about their security.
I’m sure some of the SCADA on Shodan are honey pots, but I highly doubt all of them are
I think this is the important part of the comment